diff --git a/share/man/man9/malloc.9 b/share/man/man9/malloc.9
index 01d224fc3cb..06f5ed4ef36 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/malloc.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/malloc.9
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ The
 argument further qualifies
 .Fn malloc Ns 's
 operational characteristics as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width indent
+.Bl -tag -width "M_USE_RESERVE"
 .It Dv M_ZERO
 Causes the allocated memory to be set to all zeros.
 .It Dv M_NODUMP