diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi
index c45c8e6eadf..ce2dd0a78bc 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/display.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi
@@ -920,8 +920,8 @@ decrease the font size of the affected faces, depending on the
 direction of the scrolling.
 
   The final key of these commands may be repeated without the leading
-@kbd{C-x} and without the modifiers.  For instance, @kbd{C-x C-= C-= C-=}
-and @kbd{C-x C-= = =} increase the face height by three steps.  Each
+@kbd{C-x} and without the modifiers.  For instance, @w{@kbd{C-x C-= C-= C-=}}
+and @w{@kbd{C-x C-= = =}} increase the face height by three steps.  Each
 step scales the text height by a factor of 1.2; to change this factor,
 customize the variable @code{text-scale-mode-step}.  A numeric
 argument of 0 to the @code{text-scale-adjust} command restores the