diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index eaeeeffbf..a9587715e 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -1689,13 +1689,9 @@ segments that can be created.
 .TP
 .I /proc/sys/kernel/version
 contains a string like:
-.br
 
-.br
-#5 Wed Feb 25 21:49:24 MET 1998.TP
-.br
+    #5 Wed Feb 25 21:49:24 MET 1998
 
-.br
 The '#5' means that
 this is the fifth kernel built from this source base and the
 date behind it indicates the time the kernel was built.