diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-fo.xsl b/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-fo.xsl
index 6fce0be8b75..6797e06a77c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-fo.xsl
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet-fo.xsl
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
   <!-- indent all but first line of entries in tables of functions -->
   <xsl:choose>
     <xsl:when test="self::entry[@role='functableentry']">
-      <xsl:attribute name="margin-left">5em</xsl:attribute>
-      <xsl:attribute name="text-indent">-5em</xsl:attribute>
+      <xsl:attribute name="margin-left">4em</xsl:attribute>
+      <xsl:attribute name="text-indent">-3.5em</xsl:attribute>
       <xsl:attribute name="text-align">left</xsl:attribute>
     </xsl:when>
   </xsl:choose>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet.css b/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet.css
index 795188153f5..f369e12a3c8 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet.css
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/stylesheet.css
@@ -78,15 +78,10 @@ div.example {
 
 /* formatting for entries in tables of functions: indent all but first line */
 
-th.functableentry {
-	padding-left: 5em;
-	text-indent: -5em;
-	text-align: left;
-}
-
+th.functableentry,
 td.functableentry {
-	padding-left: 5em;
-	text-indent: -5em;
+	padding-left: 4em;
+	text-indent: -3.5em;
 	text-align: left;
 }