diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man1/lsdef.1.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man1/lsdef.1.rst
index e5585d61b..ef225afe2 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man1/lsdef.1.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man1/lsdef.1.rst
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ OPTIONS
  
  Display all definitions.
  For performance consideration, the auditlog and eventlog objects will not be listed.
- To list auditlog or eventlog objects, use lsdef -t auditlog or lsdef -t eventlog instead.
+ To list auditlog or eventlog objects, use \ **lsdef -t auditlog**\  or \ **lsdef -t eventlog**\  instead.
  
 
 
 \ **-c|-**\ **-compress**\ 
  
  Display information in compressed mode, each output line has format "<object name>: <data>".
- The output can be passed to command xcoll or xdshbak for formatted output.
- The -c flag must be used with -i flag.
+ The output can be passed to command \ **xcoll**\  or \ **xdshbak**\  for formatted output.
+ The \ **-c**\  flag must be used with \ **-i**\  flag.
  
 
 
@@ -136,13 +136,18 @@ OPTIONS
 
 \ **-w**\  \ *attr==val*\  \ **-w**\  \ *attr=~val*\  ...
  
- Use one or multiple -w flags to specify the selection string that can be used to select objects. The operators ==, !=, =~ and !~ are available. Use the help option to get a list of valid attributes for each object type.
+ Use one or multiple \ **-w**\  flags to specify the selection string that can be used to select objects. The operators ==, !=, =~ and !~ are available. Use the help option to get a list of valid attributes for each object type.
  
  Operator descriptions:
-         ==        Select nodes where the attribute value is exactly this value.
-         !=        Select nodes where the attribute value is not this specific value.
-         =~        Select nodes where the attribute value matches this regular expression.
-         !~        Select nodes where the attribute value does not match this regular expression.
+ 
+ 
+ .. code-block:: perl
+ 
+          ==        Select nodes where the attribute value is exactly this value.
+          !=        Select nodes where the attribute value is not this specific value.
+          =~        Select nodes where the attribute value matches this regular expression.
+          !~        Select nodes where the attribute value does not match this regular expression.
+ 
  
  Note: if the "val" fields includes spaces or any other characters that will be parsed by shell, the "attr<operator>val" needs to be quoted. If the operator is "!~", the "attr<operator>val" needs to be quoted using single quote.
  
@@ -150,7 +155,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 \ **-z|-**\ **-stanza**\ 
  
- Display output in stanza format. See the xcatstanzafile man page for details on using xCAT stanza files.
+ Display output in stanza format. See the "xcatstanzafile" man page for details on using xCAT stanza files.
  
 
 
@@ -191,8 +196,6 @@ EXAMPLES
  
  .. code-block:: perl
  
-   lsdef
-     OR
    lsdef -a
  
  
@@ -350,7 +353,7 @@ EXAMPLES
 
 15.
  
- To list the nodes status and use xcoll to format the output.
+ To list the nodes status and use \ **xcoll**\  to format the output.
  
  
  .. code-block:: perl
diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/lsdef.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/lsdef.1.pod
index ac677d0f1..92eecf203 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/lsdef.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/lsdef.1.pod
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ in the xCAT database and xCAT object definition templates shipped in xCAT.
 
 Display all definitions.
 For performance consideration, the auditlog and eventlog objects will not be listed.
-To list auditlog or eventlog objects, use lsdef -t auditlog or lsdef -t eventlog instead.
+To list auditlog or eventlog objects, use B<lsdef -t auditlog> or B<lsdef -t eventlog> instead.
 
 =item B<-c|--compress>
 
 Display information in compressed mode, each output line has format "<object name>: <data>".
-The output can be passed to command xcoll or xdshbak for formatted output.
-The -c flag must be used with -i flag.
+The output can be passed to command B<xcoll> or B<xdshbak> for formatted output.
+The B<-c> flag must be used with B<-i> flag.
 
 =item B<-h|--help>
 
@@ -87,9 +87,10 @@ Verbose mode.
 
 =item B<-w> I<attr==val> B<-w> I<attr=~val> ...
 
-Use one or multiple -w flags to specify the selection string that can be used to select objects. The operators ==, !=, =~ and !~ are available. Use the help option to get a list of valid attributes for each object type.
+Use one or multiple B<-w> flags to specify the selection string that can be used to select objects. The operators ==, !=, =~ and !~ are available. Use the help option to get a list of valid attributes for each object type.
 
 Operator descriptions:
+
         ==        Select nodes where the attribute value is exactly this value.
         !=        Select nodes where the attribute value is not this specific value.
         =~        Select nodes where the attribute value matches this regular expression.
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ Note: if the "val" fields includes spaces or any other characters that will be p
 
 =item B<-z|--stanza>
 
-Display output in stanza format. See the xcatstanzafile man page for details on using xCAT stanza files.
+Display output in stanza format. See the "xcatstanzafile" man page for details on using xCAT stanza files.
 
 =back
 
@@ -126,8 +127,6 @@ when defining an xCAT node.
 
 To get a list of all the objects that have been defined.
 
- lsdef
-   OR
  lsdef -a
 
 =item 3.
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ The hidden nodes are FSP/BPAs.
 
 =item 15.
 
-To list the nodes status and use xcoll to format the output.
+To list the nodes status and use B<xcoll> to format the output.
 
  lsdef -t node -i status -c | xcoll