diff --git a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/man/Xephyr.man b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/man/Xephyr.man
index 617f2cdaa..89eb32116 100644
--- a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/man/Xephyr.man
+++ b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/man/Xephyr.man
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ sets the screen size.
 uses existing window
 .I id .
 If a
-.BI -screen
+.B -screen
 argument follows a
-.BI -parent
+.B -parent
 argument, this screen is embedded into the given window.
 .TP 8
 .B -host-cursor
diff --git a/hw/xwayland/man/Xwayland.man b/hw/xwayland/man/Xwayland.man
index 1a35a6828..ea6d78eed 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/man/Xwayland.man
+++ b/hw/xwayland/man/Xwayland.man
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Run \fIXwayland\fP rootless, so that X clients integrate seamlessly with
 Wayland clients in a Wayland desktop. That requires the Wayland server
 to be an X window manager as well.
 .TP 8
-.BI \-shm
+.B \-shm
 Force the shared memory backend instead of glamor (if available) for passing
 buffers to the Wayland server.
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ verbosity level.  When the
 value is supplied, the verbosity level is set to that value.  The default
 verbosity level is 0.
 .TP 8
-.BI \-version
+.B \-version
 Show the server version and exit.
 .TP 8
 .B \-wm \fIfd\fP