diff --git a/man/systemd-sysusers.xml b/man/systemd-sysusers.xml
index 895422779de..8ace9a80485 100644
--- a/man/systemd-sysusers.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-sysusers.xml
@@ -42,15 +42,15 @@
 
     <para>If invoked with no arguments, directives from the configuration files found in the directories
     specified by
-    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. When
-    invoked with positional arguments, if option <option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option>
-    is specified, arguments specified on the command line are used instead of the configuration file
-    <replaceable>PATH</replaceable>. Otherwise, just the configuration specified by the command line
-    arguments is executed. If the string <literal>-</literal> is specified instead of a filename, the
-    configuration is read from standard input. If the argument is a file name (without any slashes), all
-    configuration directories are searched for a matching file and the file found that has the highest
-    priority is executed. If the argument is a path, that file is used directly without searching the
-    configuration directories for any other matching file.</para>
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> are
+    executed. When invoked with positional arguments, if option
+    <option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option> is specified, arguments specified on the
+    command line are used instead of the configuration file <replaceable>PATH</replaceable>. Otherwise, just
+    the configuration specified by the command line arguments is executed. If the string <literal>-</literal>
+    is specified instead of a filename, the configuration is read from standard input. If the argument is a
+    file name (without any slashes), all configuration directories are searched for a matching file and the
+    file found that has the highest priority is executed. If the argument is a path, that file is used
+    directly without searching the configuration directories for any other matching file.</para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
diff --git a/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml b/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml
index 408b7d05770..f3108b53d9c 100644
--- a/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-tmpfiles.xml
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@
 
     <para>If invoked with no arguments, directives from the configuration files found in the directories
     specified by
-    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. When
-    invoked with positional arguments, if option <option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option>
-    is specified, arguments specified on the command line are used instead of the configuration file
-    <replaceable>PATH</replaceable>. Otherwise, just the configuration specified by the command line
-    arguments is executed. If the string <literal>-</literal> is specified instead of a filename, the
-    configuration is read from standard input. If the argument is a file name (without any slashes), all
-    configuration directories are searched for a matching file and the file found that has the highest
-    priority is executed. If the argument is a path, that file is used directly without searching the
-    configuration directories for any other matching file.</para>
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> are
+    executed. When invoked with positional arguments, if option
+    <option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option> is specified, arguments specified on the
+    command line are used instead of the configuration file <replaceable>PATH</replaceable>. Otherwise, just
+    the configuration specified by the command line arguments is executed. If the string <literal>-</literal>
+    is specified instead of a filename, the configuration is read from standard input. If the argument is a
+    file name (without any slashes), all configuration directories are searched for a matching file and the
+    file found that has the highest priority is executed. If the argument is a path, that file is used
+    directly without searching the configuration directories for any other matching file.</para>
 
     <para>System services (<filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service</filename>,
     <filename>systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service</filename>,