diff --git a/man/man8/zfs.8 b/man/man8/zfs.8
index 02ac45cb46..423f711ed9 100644
--- a/man/man8/zfs.8
+++ b/man/man8/zfs.8
@@ -3253,10 +3253,10 @@ The receiving system must also support this feature.
 .It Fl v, -verbose
 Print verbose information about the stream package generated.
 This information includes a per-second report of how much data has been sent.
+.El
 .Pp
 The format of the stream is committed.
-You will be able to receive your streams on future versions of ZFS .
-.El
+You will be able to receive your streams on future versions of ZFS.
 .It Xo
 .Nm
 .Cm send