diff --git a/usr.bin/tip/tip.1 b/usr.bin/tip/tip.1
index 8ba69d8375c3..4450d7dc8e1a 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tip/tip.1
+++ b/usr.bin/tip/tip.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: tip.1,v 1.30 2009/01/17 20:59:01 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: tip.1,v 1.31 2009/03/13 11:12:28 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -225,16 +225,15 @@ The command string sent to the local
 system is processed by the shell.
 .It Ic \&~C
 Fork a child process on the local system to perform special protocols
-such as \s-1XMODEM\s+1.
+such as
+.Tn XMODEM .
 The child program will be run with the following
 arrangement of file descriptors:
-.nf
-.in +1i
-0 \*[Lt]-\*[Gt] remote tty in
-1 \*[Lt]-\*[Gt] remote tty out
-2 \*[Lt]-\*[Gt] local tty out
-.in -1i
-.fi
+.Bl -column -offset indent 0 "\*[Lt]-\*[Gt]" "remote tty in"
+.It 0 Ta \*[Lt]-\*[Gt] Ta remote tty in
+.It 1 Ta \*[Lt]-\*[Gt] Ta remote tty out
+.It 2 Ta \*[Lt]-\*[Gt] Ta local tty out
+.El
 .It Ic \&~+
 Synonym for \&~C, provided for compatibility with other versions of
 .Nm cu .