diff --git a/usr.bin/lex/lex.1 b/usr.bin/lex/lex.1
index fdb1881e3c93..83d3a0c12aac 100644
--- a/usr.bin/lex/lex.1
+++ b/usr.bin/lex/lex.1
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ can be used to control whether the current buffer's scanning
 context for the next token match is done as though at the
 beginning of a line.
 A non-zero macro argument makes rules anchored with
-'^' active, while a zero argument makes '^' rules inactive.
+ '^' active, while a zero argument makes '^' rules inactive.
 .PP
 The macro
 .B YY_AT_BOL()
@@ -2356,8 +2356,7 @@ automatically anyway.
 .TP
 .B \-F, \-\-fast
 specifies that the
-.ul
-fast
+.I fast
 scanner table representation should be used (and stdio
 bypassed).
 This representation is about as fast as the full table representation