diff --git a/man/man8/tc-flower.8 b/man/man8/tc-flower.8
index fc5bac50..ba290657 100644
--- a/man/man8/tc-flower.8
+++ b/man/man8/tc-flower.8
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ flower \- flow based traffic control filter
 .B indev
 .IR ifname " | "
 .BR skip_sw " | " skip_hw
-.R " | { "
+.RI " | { "
 .BR dst_mac " | " src_mac " } "
 .IR MASKED_LLADDR " | "
 .B vlan_id
diff --git a/man/man8/tc-ife.8 b/man/man8/tc-ife.8
index dae8b9be..a8f1f287 100644
--- a/man/man8/tc-ife.8
+++ b/man/man8/tc-ife.8
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ IFE - encapsulate/decapsulate metadata
 .IR SMAC " ] "
 .RB "[ " type
 .IR TYPE " ] "
-.R "[ "
+.RI "[ "
 .IR CONTROL " ] "
 .RB "[ " index
 .IR INDEX " ] "
diff --git a/man/man8/tc-matchall.8 b/man/man8/tc-matchall.8
index 53b2194e..e3cddb1f 100644
--- a/man/man8/tc-matchall.8
+++ b/man/man8/tc-matchall.8
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ matchall \- traffic control filter that matches every packet
 .ti -8
 .BR tc " " filter " ... " matchall " [ "
 .BR skip_sw " | " skip_hw
-.R " ] [ "
+.RI " ] [ "
 .B action
 .IR ACTION_SPEC " ] [ "
 .B classid