diff --git a/man5/repertoiremap.5 b/man5/repertoiremap.5
index a76e866f8..06d4814d5 100644
--- a/man5/repertoiremap.5
+++ b/man5/repertoiremap.5
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
 .\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or
 .\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
diff --git a/man7/keyrings.7 b/man7/keyrings.7
index 0983a4da9..cbe8a6fb0 100644
--- a/man7/keyrings.7
+++ b/man7/keyrings.7
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
 .\" and Copyright (C) 2016 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
diff --git a/man7/persistent-keyring.7 b/man7/persistent-keyring.7
index 3367ec153..de56255c1 100644
--- a/man7/persistent-keyring.7
+++ b/man7/persistent-keyring.7
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
 .\"
diff --git a/man7/process-keyring.7 b/man7/process-keyring.7
index c4dbd127f..9f48aa9c2 100644
--- a/man7/process-keyring.7
+++ b/man7/process-keyring.7
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
 .\"
diff --git a/man7/session-keyring.7 b/man7/session-keyring.7
index 0b886be5e..829d1e975 100644
--- a/man7/session-keyring.7
+++ b/man7/session-keyring.7
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
 .\"
diff --git a/man7/thread-keyring.7 b/man7/thread-keyring.7
index a09ab4c56..0cc429b58 100644
--- a/man7/thread-keyring.7
+++ b/man7/thread-keyring.7
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
 .\"
diff --git a/man7/user-keyring.7 b/man7/user-keyring.7
index f13674eee..de2d7029e 100644
--- a/man7/user-keyring.7
+++ b/man7/user-keyring.7
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
 .\"
diff --git a/man7/user-session-keyring.7 b/man7/user-session-keyring.7
index 91664dd50..0934e08e2 100644
--- a/man7/user-session-keyring.7
+++ b/man7/user-session-keyring.7
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
 .\"