diff --git a/pcp-htop.5.in b/pcp-htop.5.in
index 7a6cc2ca3..e0b406154 100644
--- a/pcp-htop.5.in
+++ b/pcp-htop.5.in
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Lines starting with the "#" character are treated as comments.
 .SH "METERS"
 The following is an example configuration for a new Redis meter:
 .LP
-.ft CW
+.ft CR
 .nf
 .in +0.5i
 [redisclient]
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ megabytes, etc), a suffix will be automatically appended.
 The following is an example configuration for a new column
 showing open file descriptors for each process:
 .LP
-.ft CW
+.ft CR
 .nf
 .in +0.5i
 [openfds]