diff --git a/src/xz/xz.1 b/src/xz/xz.1
index 358fd033..5f668a24 100644
--- a/src/xz/xz.1
+++ b/src/xz/xz.1
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ A custom filter chain allows specifying
 the compression settings in detail instead of relying on
 the settings associated to the presets.
 When a custom filter chain is specified,
-preset options (\fB\-0\fR ... \fB\-9\fR and \fB\-\-extreme\fR)
+preset options (\fB\-0\fR \&...\& \fB\-9\fR and \fB\-\-extreme\fR)
 earlier on the command line are forgotten.
 If a preset option is specified
 after one or more custom filter chain options,
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ The integer can be from
 .B 0
 to
 .BR 9 ,
-matching the command line options \fB\-0\fR ... \fB\-9\fR.
+matching the command line options \fB\-0\fR \&...\& \fB\-9\fR.
 The only supported modifier is currently
 .BR e ,
 which matches