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diff --git a/share/man/man5/mailer.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/mailer.conf.5
index 213db6d..f17c44b 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/mailer.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/mailer.conf.5
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ The file
.Pa /etc/mail/mailer.conf
contains a series of lines of the form
.Pp
-.Pa name
-.Pa program
+.Ar name
+.Ar program
.Op Ar arguments ...
.Pp
The first word of each line is the
-.Pa name
+.Ar name
of a program invoking
.Xr mailwrapper 8 .
(For example, on a typical system
@@ -60,29 +60,28 @@ as would
and
.Xr mailq 1 .
Thus,
-.Pa name
+.Ar name
might be
-.Dq sendmail
+.Dq Li sendmail
or
-.Dq newaliases
+.Dq Li newaliases
etc.)
.Pp
The second word of each line is the name of the
-.Pa program
+.Ar program
to actually execute when the first name is invoked.
.Pp
The further
.Ar arguments ,
if any, are passed to the
-.Pa program ,
+.Ar program ,
followed by the arguments
.Xr mailwrapper 8
was called with.
.Pp
The file may also contain comment lines, denoted by a
-.Sq #
+.Ql #
mark in the first column of any line.
-first column of any line.
.Sh FILES
/etc/mail/mailer.conf
.Sh EXAMPLES
@@ -111,9 +110,10 @@ mailq /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
newaliases /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
.Ed
.Pp
-This example shows the use of the mini_sendmail package from ports
-in place of
-.Xr sendmail 8 :
+This example shows the use of the
+.Nm mini_sendmail
+package from ports in place of
+.Xr sendmail 8 .
Note the use of additional arguments.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# Send outgoing mail to a smart relay using mini_sendmail
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ send-mail /usr/local/bin/mini_sendmail -srelayhost
.Xr mailwrapper 8 ,
.Xr sendmail 8
.Pp
-.Xr postfix 1
-.Pq Pa ports/mail/postfix ,
+.Xr postfix 1 Pq Pa ports/mail/postfix ,
.Xr mini_sendmail 8 Pq Pa ports/mail/mini_sendmail
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
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