diff --git a/runtime/doc/vimtutor-it.UTF-8.1 b/runtime/doc/vimtutor-it.UTF-8.1
index 86f2637..2b65c3c 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/vimtutor-it.UTF-8.1
+++ b/runtime/doc/vimtutor-it.UTF-8.1
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 .B Vim
 commands.
 .PP
-The optional [language] argument is the two-letter name of a language, like
+The optional [language] argument is the two\-letter name of a language, like
 "it" or "es".
 If the [language] argument is missing, the language of the current locale will
 be used.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 è stato scritto in origine per Vi da Michael C. Pierce e Robert K. Ware,
 Colorado School of Mines, usando idee fornite da Charles Smith,
 Colorado State University.
-E-mail: bware@mines.colorado.edu.
+E\-mail: bware@mines.colorado.edu.
 .br
 E' stato modificato per
 .B Vim