diff --git a/manual/preamble.tex b/manual/preamble.tex
index 3c89d1bf4a..3339e8833a 100644
--- a/manual/preamble.tex
+++ b/manual/preamble.tex
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
     \endcenter%
   }
   \center
-\tabularx{.75\textwidth}{lX}\toprule % here is the table width defined
+\tabularx{.75\textwidth}{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{.22\textwidth}X}\toprule % here is the table width defined
   \btnhead
 }{%
   \endtabularx
diff --git a/manual/rockbox_interface/browsing_and_playing.tex b/manual/rockbox_interface/browsing_and_playing.tex
index 283d605850..32f6bf671a 100644
--- a/manual/rockbox_interface/browsing_and_playing.tex
+++ b/manual/rockbox_interface/browsing_and_playing.tex
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ This is the virtual keyboard that is used when entering text in Rockbox, for
      SANSA_C200_PAD,MROBE100_PAD}{
   \begin{table}
     \begin{btnmap}{}{}
-      \ActionKbdLeft{}/ \ActionKbdRight{}/ \ActionKbdUp{}/ \ActionKbdDown
+      \ActionKbdLeft{}~/ \ActionKbdRight{}~/ \ActionKbdUp{}~/ \ActionKbdDown
       & Move about the virtual keyboard (moves the solid cursor) \\
       %
       \ActionKbdCursorLeft{} or \ActionKbdCursorRight