diff --git a/doc/master/make_path_absolute b/doc/master/make_path_absolute
index e0a0019..6093b1a 100644
--- a/doc/master/make_path_absolute
+++ b/doc/master/make_path_absolute
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 SYNOPSIS
-	string make_path_absolute(string str)
+        string make_path_absolute(string str)
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	Absolutize a relative filename str given to the editor. Should
-	return the full pathname of the file to use. Any non-string
-	result will act as ``bad file name''.
+        Absolutize a relative filename str given to the editor. Should
+        return the full pathname of the file to use. Any non-string
+        result will act as "bad file name".
 
 SEE ALSO
-	ed(E), valid_write(M)
+        ed(E), valid_write(M)