diff --git a/src/xz/xz.1 b/src/xz/xz.1
index f81278f5..a23fb898 100644
--- a/src/xz/xz.1
+++ b/src/xz/xz.1
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ to the target file.
 .IP \(bu 3
 When used with
 .B \-\-decompress
-.BR \-\-stdout
+.B \-\-stdout
 and
 .B xz
 cannot recognize the type of the source file,
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ until the details have been decided.
 .RE
 .IP ""
 For 32-bit
-.BR xz
+.B xz
 there is a special case: if the
 .I limit
 would be over
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ See the section
 .B "ROBOT MODE"
 for details.
 .TP
-.BR \-\-info\-memory
+.B \-\-info\-memory
 Display, in human-readable format, how much physical memory (RAM)
 .B xz
 thinks the system has and the memory usage limits for compression
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ Compressed size of the file
 Uncompressed size of the file
 .IP 6. 4
 Compression ratio, for example
-.BR 0.123.
+.BR 0.123 .
 If ratio is over 9.999, three dashes
 .RB ( \-\-\- )
 are displayed instead of the ratio.
@@ -2210,7 +2210,7 @@ is practically a superset of
 .BR lzma ,
 .BR unlzma ,
 and
-.BR lzcat
+.B lzcat
 as found from LZMA Utils 4.32.x.
 In most cases, it is possible to replace
 LZMA Utils with XZ Utils without breaking existing scripts.