diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Man.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Man.hs
index d5e44e71a..5541aeb3b 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Man.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Man.hs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ blockToMan opts (Table caption alignments widths headers rows) =
   modify $ \st -> st{ stHasTables = True }
   let iwidths = if all (== 0) widths
                    then repeat ""
-                   else map (printf "w(%0.2fn)" . (70 *)) widths
+                   else map (printf "w(%0.1fn)" . (70 *)) widths
   -- 78n default width - 8n indent = 70n
   let coldescriptions = text $ intercalate " "
                         (zipWith (\align width -> aligncode align ++ width)
diff --git a/tests/tables.man b/tests/tables.man
index 35922b4df..788b2199d 100644
--- a/tests/tables.man
+++ b/tests/tables.man
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Multiline table with caption:
 Here\[aq]s the caption. It may span multiple lines.
 .TS
 tab(@);
-cw(10.50n) lw(9.63n) rw(11.38n) lw(23.63n).
+cw(10.5n) lw(9.6n) rw(11.4n) lw(23.6n).
 T{
 Centered Header
 T}@T{
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Multiline table without caption:
 .PP
 .TS
 tab(@);
-cw(10.50n) lw(9.63n) rw(11.38n) lw(23.63n).
+cw(10.5n) lw(9.6n) rw(11.4n) lw(23.6n).
 T{
 Centered Header
 T}@T{
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ Multiline table without column headers:
 .PP
 .TS
 tab(@);
-cw(10.50n) lw(9.63n) rw(11.38n) lw(23.63n).
+cw(10.5n) lw(9.6n) rw(11.4n) lw(23.6n).
 T{
 First
 T}@T{