diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
index 2f204e1bd..62667db2a 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
@@ -502,15 +502,18 @@ May be yes or no, and determines whether the 'start' and 'stop' commands should
 record an annotation when being executed. The default value is "no". The text of
 the corresponding annotations is controlled by:
 
-.TP journal.time.start.annotation=Started task
+.TP
+.B journal.time.start.annotation=Started task
 The text of the annotation that is recorded when executing the start command and
 having set journal.time.
 
-.TP journal.time.stop.annotation=Stopped task
+.TP
+.B journal.time.stop.annotation=Stopped task
 The text of the annotation that is recorded when executing the stop command and
 having set journal.time.
 
-.TP journal.info=on
+.TP
+.B journal.info=on
 When enabled, this setting causes a change log of each task to be displayed by
 the 'info' command.  Default value is "on".