diff --git a/manual/Types/tarfileset.html b/manual/Types/tarfileset.html
index 3224e7c3a..0efe28ea3 100644
--- a/manual/Types/tarfileset.html
+++ b/manual/Types/tarfileset.html
@@ -23,22 +23,19 @@
 <body>
 <h2 id="fileset">TarFileSet</h2>
 
-<p><em>TarFileSet</em> has been added as a stand-alone type in Apache Ant
-1.7.</p>
+<p><em>TarFileSet</em> has been a stand-alone type <em>since Apache Ant 1.7</em>.</p>
 
 <p>A <code>&lt;tarfileset&gt;</code> is a special form of a <code>&lt;<a
  href="fileset.html">fileset</a>&gt;</code> which can behave in 2
 different ways : <br>
 </p>
 <ul>
-  <li>When the <span style="font-style: italic;">src</span> attribute
+  <li>When the <var>src</var> attribute
   is used - or a nested resource collection has been specified, the
-  tarfileset is populated with tar entries found in the file <span
-  style="font-style: italic;">src</span>.<br>
+  tarfileset is populated with tar entries found in the file <var>src</var>.
   </li>
-  <li>When the <span style="font-style: italic;">dir</span> attribute
-is used, the tarfileset is populated with filesystem files found under <span
- style="font-style: italic;">dir</span>.<br>
+  <li>When the <var>dir</var> attribute
+is used, the tarfileset is populated with filesystem files found under <var>dir</var>.
   </li>
 </ul>
 <p><code>&lt;tarfileset&gt;</code> supports all attributes of <code>&lt;<a
@@ -47,11 +44,8 @@ is used, the tarfileset is populated with filesystem files found under <span
  don't contain entries with leading slashes so you shouldn't use
  include/exclude patterns that start with slashes either.
 </p>
-<p>A tarfileset can be defined with the <span style="font-style:
-italic;">id </span>attribute and referred to with the <span
-style="font-style: italic;">refid</span> attribute.  This is also true
-for tarfileset which has been added in Ant 1.7.<br>
-</p>
+<p><em>Since Ant 1.7</em>, a tarfileset can be defined with the <var>id</var> attribute and referred to with
+    the <var>refid</var> attribute.</p>
 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 <table>
   <tbody>
diff --git a/manual/Types/zipfileset.html b/manual/Types/zipfileset.html
index 45a421dae..b82b6e862 100644
--- a/manual/Types/zipfileset.html
+++ b/manual/Types/zipfileset.html
@@ -28,15 +28,13 @@
 different ways : <br>
 </p>
 <ul>
-  <li>When the <span style="font-style: italic;">src</span> attribute
+  <li>When the <var>src</var> attribute
   is used - or a nested resource collection has been specified
   (<em>since Apache Ant 1.7</em>), the zipfileset is populated with
-  zip entries found in the file <span style="font-style:
-  italic;">src</span>.<br>
+  zip entries found in the file <var>src</var>.
   </li>
-  <li>When the <span style="font-style: italic;">dir</span> attribute
-is used, the zipfileset is populated with filesystem files found under <span
- style="font-style: italic;">dir</span>.<br>
+  <li>When the <var>dir</var> attribute
+is used, the zipfileset is populated with filesystem files found under <var>dir</var>.
   </li>
 </ul>
 <p><code>&lt;zipfileset&gt;</code> supports all attributes of <code>&lt;<a
@@ -45,10 +43,8 @@ is used, the zipfileset is populated with filesystem files found under <span
  don't contain entries with leading slashes so you shouldn't use
  include/exclude patterns that start with slashes either.</p>
 
-<p><em>Since Ant 1.6</em>, a zipfileset can be defined with the <span
- style="font-style: italic;">id </span>attribute and referred to with
-the <span style="font-style: italic;">refid</span> attribute.<br>
-</p>
+<p><em>Since Ant 1.6</em>, a zipfileset can be defined with the <var>id </var> attribute and referred to with
+    the <var>refid</var> attribute.</p>
 <h3>Parameters</h3>
 <table>
   <tbody>
