diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.vax/hk.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.vax/hk.4
index c5c01ca7504c..a6b5053a2462 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/man4.vax/hk.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.vax/hk.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: hk.4,v 1.11 2002/01/15 02:07:53 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: hk.4,v 1.12 2003/06/27 18:52:11 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ and
 for the block and character files respectively. The second
 component of the name, a drive unit number in the range of zero to
 seven, is represented by a
-.Sq Li ?
+.Sq Li \&?
 in the disk layouts below. The last component is the file system partition
 which is designated
 by a letter from
diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.vax/up.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.vax/up.4
index 569c184c529f..5e6a4791e2d3 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/man4.vax/up.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.vax/up.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: up.4,v 1.11 2003/04/06 19:33:58 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: up.4,v 1.12 2003/06/27 18:52:36 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993, 19801988
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ and
 for the block and character files respectively. The second
 component of the name, a drive unit number in the range of zero to
 seven, is represented by a
-.Sq Li ?
+.Sq Li \&?
 in the disk layouts below. The last component of the name, the
 file system partition, is
 designated by a letter from