diff --git a/man2/getdents.2 b/man2/getdents.2
index 573b9b3dc..eca1ee81b 100644
--- a/man2/getdents.2
+++ b/man2/getdents.2
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ struct linux_dirent64 {
     char           d_name[]; /* Filename (null-terminated) */
 };
 .EE
-.fi
+.in
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 On success, the number of bytes read is returned.
 On end of directory, 0 is returned.
diff --git a/man2/ioctl_fat.2 b/man2/ioctl_fat.2
index 3c0514730..b6092aac6 100644
--- a/man2/ioctl_fat.2
+++ b/man2/ioctl_fat.2
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ ioctl_fat \- manipulating the FAT filesystem
 .BI "          struct __fat_dirent[2] " entry );
 .BI "int ioctl(int " fd ", VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_SHORT,
 .BI "          struct __fat_dirent[2] " entry );
+.fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR ioctl (2)
diff --git a/man2/mkdir.2 b/man2/mkdir.2
index a2b04044f..85557a919 100644
--- a/man2/mkdir.2
+++ b/man2/mkdir.2
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ _ATFILE_SOURCE
 .RE
 .ad
 .PD
-.fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR mkdir ()
 attempts to create a directory named
diff --git a/man2/process_vm_readv.2 b/man2/process_vm_readv.2
index 9e44f55a7..ae83ec53e 100644
--- a/man2/process_vm_readv.2
+++ b/man2/process_vm_readv.2
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
 .RE
 .ad
 .PD
-.fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 These system calls transfer data between the address space
 of the calling process ("the local process") and the process identified by
diff --git a/man3/get_phys_pages.3 b/man3/get_phys_pages.3
index 00c1fcb62..663a13ef0 100644
--- a/man3/get_phys_pages.3
+++ b/man3/get_phys_pages.3
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ page counts
 .PP
 .B long int get_phys_pages(void);
 .B long int get_avphys_pages(void);
+.fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The function
 .BR get_phys_pages ()
diff --git a/man3/nextup.3 b/man3/nextup.3
index e8c73bd80..af21b11cf 100644
--- a/man3/nextup.3
+++ b/man3/nextup.3
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ return next floating-point number toward positive/negative infinity
 .BI "double nextdown(double " x );
 .BI "float nextdownf(float " x );
 .BI "long double nextdownl(long double " x );
+.fi
 .PP
 Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/man7/operator.7 b/man7/operator.7
index 0abc398d5..a5dd3264e 100644
--- a/man7/operator.7
+++ b/man7/operator.7
@@ -63,5 +63,3 @@ Operator	Associativity
 = += \-= *= /= %= <<= >>= &= ^= |=	right to left
 ,	left to right
 .TE
-.fi
-.\"