man.indent.lists boolean man.indent.lists Adjust indentation of lists? Description If the value of man.indent.lists is non-zero, the width of the left margin for list items in itemizedlist, orderedlist, variablelist output (and output of some other lists) is set to the value of the man.indent.width parameter (4n by default). If instead the value of man.indent.lists is zero, the built-in roff default width (7.2n) is used.