diff --git a/man/te.1 b/man/te.1
index 1003933..835800f 100644
--- a/man/te.1
+++ b/man/te.1
@@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ Auto-save swap files written next to the original file when auto-save is enabled
 uses Hunspell-compatible dictionaries:
 .Bl -bullet -compact
 .It
-.aff file: Affix rules and flags
+\&.aff file: Affix rules and flags
 .It
-.dic file: Word list with flags
+\&.dic file: Word list with flags
 .El
 .Pp
 Hyphenation dictionaries:
@@ -342,11 +342,11 @@ th_*.dat: Data file with synonym entries
 StarDict offline dictionaries:
 .Bl -bullet -compact
 .It
-.ifo file: Dictionary metadata
+\&.ifo file: Dictionary metadata
 .It
-.idx file: Index file
+\&.idx file: Index file
 .It
-.dict file: Dictionary data
+\&.dict file: Dictionary data
 .El
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .An Tanausú M. Aq ervras@aim.com