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index 2c61ebdf4..8d9587fff 100644
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@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ of the man pages on a Linux system.
 The conventions described on this page may also be useful
 for authors writing man pages for other projects.
 .SS Sections of the manual pages
-.PP
 The manual Sections are traditionally defined as follows:
 .TP
 .B 1 User commands (Programs)
@@ -508,7 +507,6 @@ Use of "they" ("them", "themself", "their") as a gender-neutral singular
 pronoun is acceptable.
 .\"
 .SS Formatting conventions for manual pages describing commands
-.PP
 For manual pages that describe a command (typically in Sections 1 and 8),
 the arguments are always specified using italics,
 .IR "even in the SYNOPSIS section" .
@@ -552,7 +550,6 @@ makes it easier to see the effect of patches,
 which often operate at the level of individual sentences or sentence clauses.
 .\"
 .SS Formatting conventions (general)
-.PP
 Paragraphs should be separated by suitable markers (usually either
 .I .PP
 or
@@ -613,7 +610,6 @@ Thu Jul  7 13:01:27 CEST 2016
 .EE
 .in
 .PP
-.PP
 Any reference to another man page
 should be written with the name in bold,
 .I always