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@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ available. With action \fB\-\-merge\-avail\fP, old information is
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combined with information from \fIPackages-file\fP. With action
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\fB\-\-update\-avail\fP, old information is replaced with the information
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in the \fIPackages-file\fP. The \fIPackages-file\fP distributed with
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-Debian is simply named \fIPackages\fP. If the \fIPackages-file\fP
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-argument is missing or named \fB-\fP then it will be read from
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+Debian is simply named \(Fo\fIPackages\fP\(Fc. If the \fIPackages-file\fP
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+argument is missing or named \(Fo\fB\-\fP\(Fc then it will be read from
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standard input (since dpkg 1.17.7). \fBdpkg\fP keeps its record of
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available packages in \fI/var/lib/dpkg/available\fP.
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@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ not be shown.
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Set package selections using file read from stdin. This file should be
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in the format \(lq\fIpackage\fP \fIstate\fP\(rq, where state is one of
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\fBinstall\fP, \fBhold\fP, \fBdeinstall\fP or \fBpurge\fP. Blank lines
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-and comment lines beginning with \(oq#\(cq are also permitted.
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+and comment lines beginning with \(oq\fB#\fP\(cq are also permitted.
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The \fIavailable\fP file needs to be up-to-date for this command to be
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useful, otherwise unknown packages will be ignored with a warning. See
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@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ configuration file \fI/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg\fP or fragment files (with names
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matching this shell pattern \(aq[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*\(aq) on the configuration
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directory \fI/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/\fP. Each line in the configuration
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file is either an option (exactly the same as the command line option but
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-without leading hyphens) or a comment (if it starts with a \fB#\fR).
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+without leading hyphens) or a comment (if it starts with a \(oq\fB#\fP\(cq).
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.br
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.TP
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\fB\-\-abort\-after=\fP\fInumber\fP
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@@ -639,18 +639,18 @@ installed. This is an alias of \fB\-\-refuse\-downgrade\fP.
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.BI \-\-admindir= dir
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Change default administrative directory, which contains many files that
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give information about status of installed or uninstalled packages, etc.
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-(Defaults to \fI/var/lib/dpkg\fP)
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+(Defaults to \(Fo\fI/var/lib/dpkg\fP\(Fc)
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.TP
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.BI \-\-instdir= dir
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Change default installation directory which refers to the directory where
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packages are to be installed. \fBinstdir\fP is also the directory passed
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to \fBchroot\fP(2) before running package's installation scripts, which
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means that the scripts see \fBinstdir\fP as a root directory.
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-(Defaults to \fI/\fP)
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+(Defaults to \(Fo\fI/\fP\(Fc)
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.TP
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.BI \-\-root= dir
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-Changing \fBroot\fP changes \fBinstdir\fP to \fIdir\fP and \fBadmindir\fP
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-to \fIdir\fP\fB/var/lib/dpkg\fP.
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+Changing \fBroot\fP changes \fBinstdir\fP to \(Fo\fIdir\fP\(Fc and
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+\fBadmindir\fP to \(Fo\fIdir\fP\fB/var/lib/dpkg\fP\(Fc.
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.TP
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\fB\-O\fP, \fB\-\-selected\-only\fP
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Only process the packages that are selected for installation. The
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@@ -816,7 +816,8 @@ The program \fBdpkg\fP will execute when starting a new interactive shell.
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.TP
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.B COLUMNS
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Sets the number of columns \fBdpkg\fP should use when displaying formatted
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-text. Currently only used by \-l.
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+text.
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+Currently only used by \fB\-\-list\fP.
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.SS Internal environment
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.TP
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.B DPKG_SHELL_REASON
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