diff --git a/doc/man3/BIO_s_accept.pod b/doc/man3/BIO_s_accept.pod
index 9abdb2be64..1fad672dd9 100644
--- a/doc/man3/BIO_s_accept.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/BIO_s_accept.pod
@@ -177,16 +177,16 @@ BIO_set_bind_mode(), BIO_get_bind_mode() and BIO_do_accept() are macros.
 BIO_do_accept(),
 BIO_set_accept_name(), BIO_set_accept_port(), BIO_set_nbio_accept(),
 BIO_set_accept_bios(), BIO_set_accept_ip_family(), and BIO_set_bind_mode()
-return 1 for success and <=0 for failure.
+return 1 for success and <= 0 for failure.
 
 BIO_get_accept_name() returns the accept name or NULL on error.
 BIO_get_peer_name() returns the peer name or NULL on error.
 
 BIO_get_accept_port() returns the accept port as a string or NULL on error.
 BIO_get_peer_port() returns the peer port as a string or NULL on error.
-BIO_get_accept_ip_family() returns the IP family or <=0 on error.
+BIO_get_accept_ip_family() returns the IP family or <= 0 on error.
 
-BIO_get_bind_mode() returns the set of B<BIO_BIND> flags, or <=0 on failure.
+BIO_get_bind_mode() returns the set of B<BIO_BIND> flags, or <= 0 on failure.
 
 BIO_new_accept() returns a BIO or NULL on error.