diff --git a/share/man/man5/printcap.5 b/share/man/man5/printcap.5
index 530f4876b7d7..d393cf9bc7b1 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/printcap.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/printcap.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: printcap.5,v 1.14 2003/03/15 04:45:52 christos Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: printcap.5,v 1.15 2003/04/16 08:55:42 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)printcap.5	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
 .\"
-.Dd February 14, 2001
+.Dd March 15, 2003
 .Dt PRINTCAP 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -267,21 +267,27 @@ and must not ignore
 .Pp
 Filters can communicate errors to lpd by their exit code and by modifying
 the mode of the spool lock file as follows:
-.Bl -column "Exit-code" Description
-.Sy "Exit-code"       Description
-.It 0 Success.
-.It 1 An attempt is made to reprint the job and mail is sent if it fails.
-.It 2 \c
+.Bl -tag -width Exit-code -compact -offset indent
+.It Sy Exit code
+.Sy Description
+.It 0
+Success.
+.It 1
+An attempt is made to reprint the job and mail is sent if it fails.
+.It 2
 .Xr lpd 8
 silently discards the job.
-.It n \c
+.It n
 .Xr lpd 8
 discards the job and mail is sent.
 .El
-.Bl -column "lock mode" Description
-.Sy "lock mode"       Description
-.It u+x       Stop printing and leave queue disabled (S_IXUSR).
-.It o+x       Rebuild the queue (S_IXOTH).
+.Bl -tag -width lockxmode -compact -offset indent
+.It Sy lock code
+.Sy Description
+.It u+x
+Stop printing and leave queue disabled (S_IXUSR).
+.It o+x
+Rebuild the queue (S_IXOTH).
 .El
 .Sh LOGGING
 Error messages generated by the line printer programs themselves