diff --git a/disk-utils/blockdev.8 b/disk-utils/blockdev.8
index 48d69ec51..c16fc49bc 100644
--- a/disk-utils/blockdev.8
+++ b/disk-utils/blockdev.8
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ blockdev \- call block device ioctls from the command line
 .RI [ device \&...\&]
 .br
 .B blockdev
-.RB \-h | \-V
+.BR \-h | \-V
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The utility
 .B blockdev