diff --git a/share/man/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
index d42400cc22e3..4d50cf4d8a47 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: nsswitch.conf.5,v 1.25 2008/05/04 13:56:27 martin Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: nsswitch.conf.5,v 1.26 2009/03/11 13:51:47 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .\"  Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\"  All rights reserved.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ take if that status code occurs.
 .Ss Sources
 The following sources are implemented:
 .Bl -column "compat" -offset indent -compact
-.Sy Source	Description
+.It Sy Source	Description
 .It files	Local files, such as
 .Pa /etc/hosts ,
 and
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ If this is present, it must be the only source for that entry.
 .Ss Databases
 The following databases are used by the following C library functions:
 .Bl -column "netgroup" -offset indent -compact
-.Sy Database	Used by
+.It Sy Database	Used by
 .It group Ta Xr getgrent 3
 .It hosts Ta Xr gethostbyname 3
 .It netgroup Ta Xr getnetgrent 3
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ The following databases are used by the following C library functions:
 .Ss Status codes
 The following status codes are available:
 .Bl -column "tryagain" -offset indent -compact
-.Sy Status	Description
+.It Sy Status	Description
 .It success	The requested entry was found.
 .It notfound	The entry is not present at this source.
 .It tryagain	The source is busy, and may respond to retries.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ The following status codes are available:
 .Ss Actions
 For each of the status codes, one of two actions is possible:
 .Bl -column "continue" -offset indent -compact
-.Sy Action	Description
+.It Sy Action	Description
 .It continue	Try the next source
 .It return	Return with the current result
 .El
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ will default to an entry of
 for the requested database.
 Exceptions are:
 .Bl -column passwd_compat "files dns" -offset indent
-.Sy Database	Default source list
+.It Sy Database	Default source list
 .It group	compat
 .It group_compat	nis
 .It hosts	files dns
diff --git a/share/man/man5/printcap.5 b/share/man/man5/printcap.5
index 3eed25d5ddfa..ae5ac32b8e1d 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/printcap.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/printcap.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: printcap.5,v 1.24 2008/07/21 07:52:10 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: printcap.5,v 1.25 2009/03/11 13:51:47 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Refer to
 .Xr termcap 5
 for a description of the file layout.
 .Bl -column Name Type "/var/spool/output/lpd"
-.Sy Name	Type	Default	Description
+.It Sy Name	Type	Default	Description
 .It "af	str" Ta Dv NULL Ta No "name of accounting file"
 .It "br	num	none	if lp is a tty, set the baud rate"
 .Pf ( Xr ioctl 2
diff --git a/share/man/man5/rpc.5 b/share/man/man5/rpc.5
index 59297f375cf0..5d0c7e8e699a 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/rpc.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/rpc.5
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: rpc.5,v 1.8 2005/03/30 13:07:34 jmmv Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: rpc.5,v 1.9 2009/03/11 13:51:47 joerg Exp $
 .\" @(#)rpc.4 1.17 93/08/30 SMI; from SVr4
 .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
 .Dd December 10, 1991
 .Dt RPC 5
+.Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm rpc
 .Nd rpc program number data base
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ can be used in place of RPC program numbers.
 The rpc file has one line for each RPC
 program name. The line has the following format:
 .Pp
-.I name-of-the-RPC-program	RPC-program-number	aliases
+.Dl name-of-the-RPC-program	RPC-program-number	aliases
 .Pp
 Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
 tab characters.