diff --git a/platform/posix/man/ck2cti.1 b/platform/posix/man/ck2cti.1
index 395138142..74452514a 100644
--- a/platform/posix/man/ck2cti.1
+++ b/platform/posix/man/ck2cti.1
@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ ck2cti \fB-i \fIinput \fR[\fB-t \fIthermo\fR] \fR[\fB-tr\fI transport\fR]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 
 .I ck2cti
-converts a Chemkin-II-format reaction mechanism file to Cantera input format. 
-The resulting Cantera input file contains a definition of one 
+converts a Chemkin-II-format reaction mechanism file to Cantera input
+format.  The resulting Cantera input file contains a definition of one
 .B ideal_gas
-entry that represents an ideal gas mixture corresponding to the Chemkin-II reaction mechanism. The file also contains Cantera-format definitions for each species and each reaction in the input reaction mechanism file.
-The Cantera-format text is written to the standard output.
+entry that represents an ideal gas mixture corresponding to the
+Chemkin-II reaction mechanism. The file also contains Cantera-format
+definitions for each species and each reaction in the input reaction
+mechanism file.  The Cantera-format text is written to the standard
+output.
 
 The parameters are as follows:
 .TP
@@ -24,17 +27,28 @@ The parameters are as follows:
 Chemkin-II reaction mechanism file to be converted. Required.
 .TP
 .I thermo
-Thermodynamic property database. If the THERMO section of the input file is missing or does not have entries for one or more species, this file will be searched for the required thermo data. This file may be another reaction mechanism file containing a THERMO section, or a Chemkin-II-compatible thermodynamic database file.
+Thermodynamic property database. If the THERMO section of the input
+file is missing or does not have entries for one or more species, this
+file will be searched for the required thermo data. This file may be
+another reaction mechanism file containing a THERMO section, or a
+Chemkin-II-compatible thermodynamic database file.
 .TP
 .I transport
-Transport property database. If this file name is supplied, transport property parameters will be taken from this file and included in the output Cantera-format file. If this parameter is omitted, no transport property parameters will be included in the output.
+Transport property database. If this file name is supplied, transport
+property parameters will be taken from this file and included in the
+output Cantera-format file. If this parameter is omitted, no transport
+property parameters will be included in the output.
 .TP
 .I id
-Identification string. The \fBideal_gas\fR entry in the Cantera-format output has name  \fIid\fR. If this parameter is omitted, it will be set to the input file name without the extension. Since only one phase definition is present in the \fIck2cti\fR output, this parameter is not required.
+Identification string. The \fBideal_gas\fR entry in the Cantera-format
+output has name \fIid\fR. If this parameter is omitted, it will be set
+to the input file name without the extension. Since only one phase
+definition is present in the \fIck2cti\fR output, this parameter is
+not required.
 
 .SH EXAMPLES
 
-Create a Cantera input file from a self-contained Chemkin-format file
+Create a Cantera input file from a self-contained Chemkin-format file 
 without transport parameters:
 .TP
 ck2cti -i mech.inp > mech.cti
@@ -49,5 +63,3 @@ Create a Cantera input file from a Chemkin-format file that requires a
 separate thermodynamic database and include transport parameters:
 .TP
 ck2cti -i mech.inp -t therm.dat -tr tran.dat > mech.cti
-.TP
-