diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
index 6c38941c0..e9baff659 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
@@ -1023,17 +1023,16 @@ in foo</programlisting>
 
     <listitem><para>Convert the expression
     <replaceable>e</replaceable> to a string.
-    <replaceable>e</replaceable> can be:
+    <replaceable>e</replaceable> can be:</para>
     <itemizedlist>
-        <listitem>a string (in which case the string is returned unmodified)</listitem>
-        <listitem>a path (e.g., <literal>toString /foo/bar</literal> yields <literal>"/foo/bar"</literal></listitem>
-        <listitem>a set containing <literal>{ __toString = self: ...; }</literal></listitem>
-        <listitem>an integer</listitem>
-        <listitem>a list, in which case the string representations of its elements are joined with spaces</listitem>
-        <listitem>a boolean (<literal>false</literal> yields <literal>""</literal>, <literal>true</literal> yields <literal>"1"</literal></listitem>
-        <listitem><literal>null</literal>, which yields the empty string.</listitem>
+      <listitem><para>A string (in which case the string is returned unmodified).</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>A path (e.g., <literal>toString /foo/bar</literal> yields <literal>"/foo/bar"</literal>.</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>A set containing <literal>{ __toString = self: ...; }</literal>.</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>An integer.</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>A list, in which case the string representations of its elements are joined with spaces.</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>A Boolean (<literal>false</literal> yields <literal>""</literal>, <literal>true</literal> yields <literal>"1"</literal>.</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para><literal>null</literal>, which yields the empty string.</para></listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
-    </para>
     </listitem>
 
   </varlistentry>