diff --git a/doc/sphinx/man/kea-admin.8.rst b/doc/sphinx/man/kea-admin.8.rst
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    information regarding copyright ownership.
 
 
-kea-admin - Shell script for managing Kea databases
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+``kea-admin`` - Shell script for managing Kea databases
+-------------------------------------------------------
 
 Synopsis
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