diff --git a/usr.bin/man/man.1 b/usr.bin/man/man.1
index f45172ce2043..6eeabfd73c71 100644
--- a/usr.bin/man/man.1
+++ b/usr.bin/man/man.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: man.1,v 1.15 2002/08/20 15:20:33 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: man.1,v 1.16 2002/09/30 10:21:14 grant Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -106,11 +106,15 @@ Override the list of standard directories which
 searches for man pages.
 The supplied
 .Ar path
-must be a colon (``:'') separated list of directories.
+must be a colon
+.Pq Dq \&:
+separated list of directories.
 This search path may also be set using the environment variable
 .Ev MANPATH .
 The subdirectories to be searched, and their search order,
-is specified by the ``_subdir'' line in the
+is specified by the
+.Dq _subdir
+line in the
 .Nm
 configuration file.
 .It Fl m
@@ -119,7 +123,9 @@ Augment the list of standard directories which
 searches for man pages.
 The supplied
 .Ar path
-must be a colon (``:'') separated list of directories.
+must be a colon
+.Pq Dq \&:
+separated list of directories.
 These directories will be searched before the standard directories or
 the directories specified using the
 .Fl M
@@ -127,13 +133,16 @@ option or the
 .Ev MANPATH
 environment variable.
 The subdirectories to be searched, and their search order,
-is specified by the ``_subdir'' line in the
+is specified by the
+.Dq _subdir
+line in the
 .Nm
 configuration file.
 .It Fl s
 Restrict the directories that
 .Nm
-will search.  The
+will search.
+The
 .Nm
 configuration file (see
 .Xr man.conf 5 )
@@ -142,8 +151,10 @@ specifies the possible
 values that are currently available.
 .It Fl S
 Display only man pages that have the specified string in their
-filenames.  This allows the man page search process criteria to be
-narrowed without having to change the MANPATH or ``_default''
+filenames.
+This allows the man page search process criteria to be
+narrowed without having to change the MANPATH or
+.Dq _default
 variables.
 .It Fl w
 List the pathnames of the man pages which
@@ -185,9 +196,13 @@ may be overridden by specifying a path in the
 .Ev MANPATH
 environment
 variable.
-The format of the path is a colon (``:'') separated list of directories.
+The format of the path is a colon
+.Pq Dq \&:
+separated list of directories.
 The subdirectories to be searched as well as their search order
-is specified by the ``_subdir'' line in the
+is specified by the
+.Dq _subdir
+line in the
 .Nm
 configuration file.
 .It Ev PAGER