1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man8/adding_user.8 b/share/man/man8/adding_user.8
index eed945bf8d4b..cdae3e3a4b0c 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/adding_user.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/adding_user.8
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ It must also not begin with the hyphen
 character.
 It is strongly recommended that it be all lower-case, and not contain
 the dot
-.Ql \&.
+.Ql .\&
 character, as that tends to confuse mailers.
 An account can be added by editing a line into the passwd file; this
 must be done with the password file locked e.g. by using
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ At the University of California, Berkeley, we have groups for system staff,
 faculty, graduate students, and special groups for large projects.
 .Pp
 A skeletal account for a new user
-\*(lqernie\*(rq
+.Dq ernie
 might look like:
 .Bd -literal
 ernie::25:30::0:0:Ernie Kovacs,508 Evans Hall,x7925,