diff --git a/man7/pkeys.7 b/man7/pkeys.7
index 39e44fc25..fb60f005d 100644
--- a/man7/pkeys.7
+++ b/man7/pkeys.7
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ appropriate for child threads at the time when
 .BR clone (2)
 is called, or ensure that each child thread can perform its
 own initialization of protection key rights.
-
+.\"
 .SS Signal Handler Behavior
 Each time a signal handler is invoked (including nested signals), the
 thread is temporarily given a new, default set of protection key rights
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ This signal behavior is unusual and is due to the fact that the x86 PKRU
 register (which stores protection key access rights) is managed with the
 same hardware mechanism (XSAVE) that manages floating-point registers.
 The signal behavior is the same as that of floating point registers.
-
+.\"
 .SS Protection Keys system calls
 The Linux kernel implements the following pkey-related system calls:
 .BR pkey_mprotect (2),