diff --git a/man7/cgroup_namespaces.7 b/man7/cgroup_namespaces.7
index 959ce0169..5055e18e5 100644
--- a/man7/cgroup_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/cgroup_namespaces.7
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ First, (as superuser) we create a child cgroup in the
 .I freezer
 hierarchy, and put the shell into that cgroup:
 .PP
-.EX
 .in +4n
 .EX
 # \fBmkdir \-p /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer/sub\fP
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ hierarchy, and put the shell into that cgroup:
 7:freezer:/sub
 .EE
 .in
-.EE
 .PP
 Next, we use
 .BR unshare (1)