diff --git a/lib/msun/man/atan2.3 b/lib/msun/man/atan2.3
--- a/lib/msun/man/atan2.3
+++ b/lib/msun/man/atan2.3
@@ -150,14 +150,14 @@
 (r,\(*h)
 coordinates that must satisfy x =
 .if n\
-r\(**cos theta
+r*cos theta
 .if t\
-r\(**cos\(*h
+r*cos\(*h
 and y =
 .if n\
-r\(**sin theta.
+r*sin theta.
 .if t\
-r\(**sin\(*h.
+r*sin\(*h.
 These equations are satisfied when (x=0,y=0)
 is mapped to
 .if n \
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 should be computed thus:
 .Bd -unfilled -offset indent
 .if n \{\
-r	:= hypot(x,y);  ... := sqrt(x\(**x+y\(**y)
+r	:= hypot(x,y);  ... := sqrt(x*x+y*y)
 theta	:= atan2(y,x).
 .\}
 .if t \{\
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@
 In general the formulas above are equivalent to these:
 .Bd -unfilled -offset indent
 .if n \
-r := sqrt(x\(**x+y\(**y); if r = 0 then x := copysign(1,x);
+r := sqrt(x*x+y*y); if r = 0 then x := copysign(1,x);
 .if t \
-r := \(sr(x\(**x+y\(**y);\0\0if r = 0 then x := copysign(1,x);
+r := \(sr(x*x+y*y);\0\0if r = 0 then x := copysign(1,x);
 .Ed
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO