diff --git a/man2/chown.2 b/man2/chown.2
index bf7818b39..585fe3720 100644
--- a/man2/chown.2
+++ b/man2/chown.2
@@ -41,25 +41,23 @@ chown, fchown, lchown, fchownat \- change ownership of a file
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 .B #include <unistd.h>
-.sp
+.PP
 .BI "int chown(const char *" pathname ", uid_t " owner ", gid_t " group );
-.br
 .BI "int fchown(int " fd ", uid_t " owner ", gid_t " group );
-.br
 .BI "int lchown(const char *" pathname ", uid_t " owner ", gid_t " group );
-.sp
+
 .BR "#include <fcntl.h>           " "/* Definition of AT_* constants */"
 .B #include <unistd.h>
-.sp
+.PP
 .BI "int fchownat(int " dirfd ", const char *" pathname ,
 .BI "             uid_t " owner ", gid_t " group ", int " flags );
 .fi
-.sp
+.PP
 .in -4n
 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
 .in
-.sp
+.PP
 .BR fchown (),
 .BR lchown ():
 .PD 0
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
 .\"    || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ &&\ _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
     || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE
 .RE
-.sp
+.PP
 .BR fchownat ():
 .PD 0
 .ad l
@@ -115,13 +113,13 @@ to any group of which that owner is a member.
 A privileged process (Linux: with
 .BR CAP_CHOWN )
 may change the group arbitrarily.
-
+.PP
 If the
 .I owner
 or
 .I group
 is specified as \-1, then that ID is not changed.
-
+.PP
 When the owner or group of an executable file is
 changed by an unprivileged user, the
 .B S_ISUID
@@ -142,7 +140,7 @@ bit is not set) the
 .B S_ISGID
 bit indicates mandatory locking, and is not cleared by a
 .BR chown ().
-
+.PP
 When the owner or group of an executable file is changed (by any user),
 all capability sets for the file are cleared.
 .\"
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ The
 system call operates in exactly the same way as
 .BR chown (),
 except for the differences described here.
-
+.PP
 If the pathname given in
 .I pathname
 is relative, then it is interpreted relative to the directory
@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@ referred to by the file descriptor
 the calling process, as is done by
 .BR chown ()
 for a relative pathname).
-
+.PP
 If
 .I pathname
 is relative and
@@ -174,13 +172,13 @@ then
 is interpreted relative to the current working
 directory of the calling process (like
 .BR chown ()).
-
+.PP
 If
 .I pathname
 is absolute, then
 .I dirfd
 is ignored.
-
+.PP
 The
 .I flags
 argument is a bit mask created by ORing together
@@ -232,7 +230,7 @@ is set appropriately.
 .SH ERRORS
 Depending on the filesystem,
 errors other than those listed below can be returned.
-
+.PP
 The more general errors for
 .BR chown ()
 are listed below.
@@ -324,7 +322,7 @@ library support was added to glibc in version 2.4.
 .BR fchown (),
 .BR lchown ():
 4.4BSD, SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
-
+.PP
 The 4.4BSD version can be
 used only by the superuser (that is, ordinary users cannot give away files).
 .\" chown():
@@ -333,7 +331,7 @@ used only by the superuser (that is, ordinary users cannot give away files).
 .\" fchown():
 .\" SVr4 documents additional EINVAL, EIO, EINTR, and ENOLINK
 .\" error conditions.
-
+.PP
 .BR fchownat ():
 POSIX.1-2008.
 .SH NOTES
@@ -433,7 +431,7 @@ The glibc
 and
 .BR lchown ()
 wrapper functions transparently deal with the variations across kernel versions.
-
+.PP
 In versions of Linux prior to 2.1.81 (and distinct from 2.1.46),
 .BR chown ()
 did not follow symbolic links.
@@ -458,7 +456,7 @@ or as a username (which is converted to a user ID by using
 .BR getpwnam (3)
 to perform a lookup in the system password file).
 .SS Program source
-.nf
+.EX
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -495,7 +493,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
-.fi
+.EE
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR chgrp (1),
 .BR chown (1),