--- a/doc/interpreter/debug.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/debug.txi
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 set a breakpoint immediately on entering a function, the breakpoint
 should be set to line 1. The leading comment block will be ignored and
 the breakpoint will be set to the first executable statement in the
-function.  For example
+function.  For example:
 
 @example
 @group
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@
 @DOCSTRING(dbclear)
 
 @noindent
-These functions can be used to clear all the breakpoints in a function.  For example,
+These functions can be used to clear all the breakpoints in a function.  For
+example:
 
 @example
 dbclear ("asind", dbstatus ("asind"));