diff --git a/man/file-hierarchy.xml b/man/file-hierarchy.xml
index 364e130790..df97884ae6 100644
--- a/man/file-hierarchy.xml
+++ b/man/file-hierarchy.xml
@@ -256,9 +256,9 @@
used for package-specific data, unless this data is
architecture-dependent, too. To query
$libdir for the primary architecture of the
- system, invoke: # pkg-config --variable=libdir
- systemd or # systemd-path
- system-library-arch
+ system, invoke:
+ # pkg-config --variable=libdir systemd or
+ # systemd-path system-library-arch