diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3
index 92ec1e2e6bca..5c1f2b11e666 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/fopen.3
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ This is strictly for compatibility with
 and has no effect; the ``b'' is ignored.
 .Pp
 Any created files will have mode
-.Pf \\*q Dv S_IRUSR
+.Do Dv S_IRUSR
 \&|
 .Dv S_IWUSR
 \&|
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Any created files will have mode
 \&|
 .Dv S_IROTH
 \&|
-.Dv S_IWOTH Ns \\*q
+.Dv S_IWOTH Dc
 .Pq Li 0666 ,
 as modified by the process'
 umask value (see
diff --git a/lib/libelf/elf.3 b/lib/libelf/elf.3
index c649efe72be4..4852cd5e8534 100644
--- a/lib/libelf/elf.3
+++ b/lib/libelf/elf.3
@@ -111,11 +111,13 @@ constraints.
 Accordingly, the
 .Xr ELF 3
 library offers translation facilities
-.Xr ( elf32_xlatetof 3 ,
+.Po
+.Xr elf32_xlatetof 3 ,
 .Xr elf32_xlatetom 3 ,
 .Xr elf64_xlatetof 3
 and
-.Xr elf64_xlatetom 3 )
+.Xr elf64_xlatetom 3
+.Pc
 to and from these
 representations and also provides higher-level APIs that retrieve and store
 data from the ELF object in a transparent manner.