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diff --git a/share/man/man4/inet6.4 b/share/man/man4/inet6.4
index c87818f..22a1062 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/inet6.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/inet6.4
@@ -88,10 +88,8 @@ struct sockaddr_in6 {
.Pp
Sockets may be created with the local address
.Dq Dv ::
-.Po
-which is equal to IPv6 address
-.Dv 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0
-.Pc
+(which is equal to IPv6 address
+.Dv 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 )
to affect
.Dq wildcard
matching on incoming messages.
@@ -313,7 +311,7 @@ Boolean: enable/disable receiving of
router advertisement packets,
and autoconfiguration of address prefixes and default routers.
The node must be a host
-.Pq not a router
+(not a router)
for the option to be meaningful.
Defaults to off.
.It Dv IPV6CTL_KEEPFAITH
@@ -332,7 +330,7 @@ Defaults to off.
Integer: default interval between
.Tn IPv6
packet forwarding engine log output
-.Pq in seconds .
+(in seconds).
.It Dv IPV6CTL_HDRNESTLIMIT
.Pq ip6.hdrnestlimit
Integer: default number of the maximum
@@ -424,21 +422,17 @@ Basically, it says this:
A specific bind on an
.Dv AF_INET6
socket
-.Po
-.Xr bind 2
-with an address specified
-.Pc
+.Xr ( bind 2
+with an address specified)
should accept IPv6 traffic to that address only.
.It
If you perform a wildcard bind
on an
.Dv AF_INET6
socket
-.Po
-.Xr bind 2
+.Xr ( bind 2
to IPv6 address
-.Li ::
-.Pc ,
+.Li :: ) ,
and there is no wildcard bind
.Dv AF_INET
socket on that TCP/UDP port, IPv6 traffic as well as IPv4 traffic
@@ -465,9 +459,7 @@ However, RFC2553 does not define the ordering constraint between calls to
.Xr bind 2 ,
nor how IPv4 TCP/UDP port numbers and IPv6 TCP/UDP port numbers
relate to each other
-.Po
-should they be integrated or separated
-.Pc .
+(should they be integrated or separated).
Implemented behavior is very different from kernel to kernel.
Therefore, it is unwise to rely too much upon the behavior of
.Dv AF_INET6
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