diff --git a/doc/tar.1 b/doc/tar.1
index 0ad69b74..18136cfe 100644
--- a/doc/tar.1
+++ b/doc/tar.1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 .\" along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-.TH TAR 1 "February 4, 2019" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
+.TH TAR 1 "March 28, 2019" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
 .SH NAME
 tar \- an archiving utility
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ into the archive file
 verbosely listing the files being archived:
 .PP
 .EX
-.B tar cfv etc.tar /etc
+tar cfv etc.tar /etc
 .EE
 .PP
 In
@@ -133,9 +133,11 @@ The example command above written in the
 could look like:
 .PP
 .EX
-.B tar -cvf etc.tar /etc
+tar -cvf etc.tar /etc
+.EE
 or
-.B tar -c -v -f etc.tar /etc
+.EX
+tar -c -v -f etc.tar /etc
 .EE
 .PP
 In
@@ -152,11 +154,11 @@ method.
 Here are several ways of writing the example command in this style:
 .PP
 .EX
-.B tar --create --file etc.tar --verbose /etc
+tar --create --file etc.tar --verbose /etc
 .EE
 or (abbreviating some options):
 .EX
-.B tar --cre --file=etc.tar --verb /etc
+tar --cre --file=etc.tar --verb /etc
 .EE
 .PP
 The options in all three styles can be intermixed, although doing so
@@ -463,6 +465,7 @@ Format of the archive being processed.  One of:
 .BR posix ,
 .BR ustar ,
 .BR v7 .
+.TP
 .B TAR_SUBCOMMAND
 A short option (with a leading dash) describing the operation \fBtar\fR is
 executing.
@@ -780,7 +783,8 @@ Same as \fB\-\-format=v7\fR.
 \fB\-\-pax\-option\fR=\fIkeyword\fR[[:]=\fIvalue\fR][,\fIkeyword\fR[[:]=\fIvalue\fR]]...
 Control pax keywords when creating \fBPAX\fR archives (\fB\-H
 pax\fR).  This option is equivalent to the \fB\-o\fR option of the
-.BR pax (1) utility.
+.BR pax (1)
+utility.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-posix\fR
 Same as \fB\-\-format=posix\fR.
@@ -1318,7 +1322,7 @@ found at:
 .SH "BUG REPORTS"
 Report bugs to <bug\-tar@gnu.org>.
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright \(co 2013-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 .br
 .na
 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>