diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-mac.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-mac.pod.in
index a820085efa..9a656fe117 100644
--- a/doc/man1/openssl-mac.pod.in
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl-mac.pod.in
@@ -122,26 +122,31 @@ To see the list of supported MAC's use the command C<openssl list
 
 =head1 EXAMPLES
 
-To create a hex-encoded HMAC-SHA1 MAC of a file and write to stdout: \
+To create a hex-encoded HMAC-SHA1 MAC of a file and write to stdout:
+
  openssl mac -digest SHA1 \
          -macopt hexkey:000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F10111213 \
          -in msg.bin HMAC
 
-To create a SipHash MAC from a file with a binary file output: \
+To create a SipHash MAC from a file with a binary file output:
+
  openssl mac -macopt hexkey:000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F \
          -in msg.bin -out out.bin -binary SipHash
 
-To create a hex-encoded CMAC-AES-128-CBC MAC from a file:\
+To create a hex-encoded CMAC-AES-128-CBC MAC from a file:
+
  openssl mac -cipher AES-128-CBC \
          -macopt hexkey:77A77FAF290C1FA30C683DF16BA7A77B \
          -in msg.bin CMAC
 
 To create a hex-encoded KMAC128 MAC from a file with a Customisation String
-'Tag' and output length of 16: \
+'Tag' and output length of 16:
+
  openssl mac -macopt custom:Tag -macopt hexkey:40414243444546 \
          -macopt size:16 -in msg.bin KMAC128
 
-To create a hex-encoded GMAC-AES-128-GCM with a IV from a file: \
+To create a hex-encoded GMAC-AES-128-GCM with a IV from a file:
+
  openssl mac -cipher AES-128-GCM -macopt hexiv:E0E00F19FED7BA0136A797F3 \
          -macopt hexkey:77A77FAF290C1FA30C683DF16BA7A77B -in msg.bin GMAC