diff --git a/disk-utils/swaplabel.8 b/disk-utils/swaplabel.8
index 4e655ef06..0f83b2db2 100644
--- a/disk-utils/swaplabel.8
+++ b/disk-utils/swaplabel.8
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ swaplabel \- print or change the label or UUID of a swap area
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B swaplabel
 will display or change the label or UUID of a swap partition located on
-.IR device 
+.I device
 (or regular file).
 .PP
 If the optional arguments
-.B \-L 
+.B \-L
 and
-.B \-U 
+.B \-U
 are not given,
 .B swaplabel
 will simply display the current swap-area label and UUID of