diff --git a/programs/winepath/winepath.man.in b/programs/winepath/winepath.man.in
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 .SH NAME
 winepath \- Tool to convert Unix paths to/from Win32 paths
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.BR "winepath "\fIoption\fR " \fI{path}\fR"
+.B winepath
+.IR "option " { path }
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B winepath
-is a tool to convert a Unix path to/from a Win32 (short/long) path.
+is a tool to convert a Unix path to/from a Win32 (short/long) path
 compatible with its Microsoft Windows counterpart.
 
 If more than one option is given then the input paths are output in
 all formats specified, in the order long, short, Unix, Windows.
 If no option is given the default output is Unix format.
 .SH OPTIONS
-.IP \-u,\ \-\-unix
+.IP \fB\-u\fR,\fB\ \-\-unix
 converts a Windows path to a Unix path.
-.IP \-w,\ \\-\-windows
+.IP \fB\-w\fR,\fB\ \-\-windows
 converts a Unix path to a long Windows path.
-.IP \-l,\ \\-\-long
+.IP \fB\-l\fR,\fB\ \-\-long
 converts the short Windows path of an existing file or directory to the long
 format.
-.IP \-s,\ \\-\-short
+.IP \fB\-s\fR,\fB\ \-\-short
 converts the long Windows path of an existing file or directory to the short
 format.
-.IP \-0
+.IP \fB\-0
 separate output with \\0 character, instead of a newline.
-.IP \-h,\ \\-\-help
+.IP \fB\-h\fR,\fB\ \-\-help
 shows winepath help message and exit.
-.IP \-v,\ \\-\-version
+.IP \fB\-v\fR,\fB\ \-\-version
 shows version information and exit.
 .SH BUGS
 Bugs can be reported on the