diff --git a/appendixa/acronymlist.xml b/appendixa/acronymlist.xml
index 132a31d59..43cf17898 100644
--- a/appendixa/acronymlist.xml
+++ b/appendixa/acronymlist.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 <variablelist>
 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><emphasis role="bold">ABI</emphasis></term><listitem><para>Application Binary Interface</para></listitem>
diff --git a/stylesheets/lfs.css b/stylesheets/lfs.css
index 9c2e39d81..e818621db 100644
--- a/stylesheets/lfs.css
+++ b/stylesheets/lfs.css
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ td span, td p {
   margin: 0.3em;
 }
 
+span.term {
+  display: block;
+}
+
 div.variablelist dd {
   margin-bottom: 1em;
 }