1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1
index a4ee0208c8a2..3b425f6fa205 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1
@@ -566,7 +566,8 @@ archives
 together, but it does not; attempting to do so leaves the
 end-of-archive blocks in place for the second and subsequent archives.
 .Pp
-The tar file format is a semi fixed width field format, and the field
+The
+.Nm
+file format is a semi fixed width field format, and the field
 for device numbers were designed for 16 bit (8 major, 8 minor)
 and can not absorb our 32 bit (8 major, 16+8 minor) numbers.
-