diff --git a/man7/namespaces.7 b/man7/namespaces.7
index 1c3903474..960e5cd6e 100644
--- a/man7/namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/namespaces.7
@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ The aforementioned point ensures that creating a new user namespace
 cannot be used as a means to escape the limits in force
 in the current user namespace.
 .RE
-.PP
 .\"
 .\" ==================== Cgroup namespaces ====================
 .\"