diff --git a/man2/perfmonctl.2 b/man2/perfmonctl.2
index 034ebd259..e8aab0c54 100644
--- a/man2/perfmonctl.2
+++ b/man2/perfmonctl.2
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .TH PERFMONCTL 2 2013-02-10 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
-perfmonctl \- interface to IA-64 performance monitoring unit 
+perfmonctl \- interface to IA-64 performance monitoring unit
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 .B #include <syscall.h>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The IA-64-specific
 system call provides an interface to the
 PMU (performance monitoring unit).
 The PMU consists of PMD (performance monitoring data) registers and
-PMC (performance monitoring control) registers, 
+PMC (performance monitoring control) registers,
 which gather hardware statistics.
 
 .BR perfmonctl ()
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ Supported values for
 are:
 
 .TP
-.B PFM_CREATE_CONTEXT  	
-set up a context 
+.B PFM_CREATE_CONTEXT
 .nf
 .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_CREATE_CONTEXT, pfarg_context_t *" ctxt ", 1);
 .fi
+Set up a context.
 
 The
 .I fd
@@ -89,60 +89,60 @@ on the file descriptor.
 .TP
 .B PFM_WRITE_PMCS
 .\" pfm_write_pmcs()
-set PMC registers
 .nf
 .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_WRITE_PMCS, pfarg_reg_t *" pmcs ", n);
 .fi
-.TP 
+Set PMC registers.
+.TP
 .B PFM_WRITE_PMDS
-.\" pfm_write_pmds()
-set PMD registers
 .nf
 .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_WRITE_PMDS, pfarg_reg_t *" pmds ", n);
 .fi
+.\" pfm_write_pmds()
+Set PMD registers.
 .TP
 .B PFM_READ_PMDS
 .\" pfm_read_pmds()
-read PMD registers
 .nf
 .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_READ_PMDS, pfarg_reg_t *" pmds ", n);
 .fi
+Read PMD registers.
 .TP
 .B PFM_START
 .\" pfm_start()
-start monitoring
 .nf
 .\" .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_START, arg, 1);
 .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_START, NULL, 0);
 .fi
+Start monitoring.
 .TP
-.B PFM_STOP 	
+.B PFM_STOP
 .\" pfm_stop()
-stop monitoring
 .nf
 .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_START, NULL, 0);
 .fi
+Stop monitoring.
 .TP
 .B PFM_LOAD_CONTEXT
 .\" pfm_context_load()
-attach the context to a thread
 .nf
 .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_LOAD_CONTEXT, pfarg_load_t *" largs ", 1);
 .fi
+Attach the context to a thread.
 .TP
-.B PFM_UNLOAD_CONTEXT 	
+.B PFM_UNLOAD_CONTEXT
 .\" pfm_context_unload()
-detach the context from a thread
 .nf
 .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_UNLOAD_CONTEXT, NULL, 0);
 .fi
+Detach the context from a thread.
 .TP
-.B PFM_RESTART 	
+.B PFM_RESTART
 .\" pfm_restart()
-restart monitoring after receiving an overflow notification
 .nf
 .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_RESTART, NULL, 0);
 .fi
+Restart monitoring after receiving an overflow notification.
 .\"
 .\" PFM_GET_FEATURES - pfm_get_features()
 .\" PFM_DEBUG - pfm_debug()
@@ -150,21 +150,21 @@ restart monitoring after receiving an overflow notification
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" .TP
-.\" .B PFM_CREATE_EVTSETS 	
-.\" 
+.\" .B PFM_CREATE_EVTSETS
+.\"
 .\" create or modify event sets
 .\" .nf
 .\" .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_CREATE_EVTSETS, pfarg_setdesc_t *desc , n);
 .\" .fi
 .\" .TP
-.\" .B PFM_DELETE_EVTSETS 	
+.\" .B PFM_DELETE_EVTSETS
 .\" delete event sets
 .\" .nf
 .\" .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_DELETE_EVTSET, pfarg_setdesc_t *desc , n);
 .\" .fi
 .\" .TP
-.\" .B PFM_GETINFO_EVTSETS 	
-.\" get information about event sets 
+.\" .B PFM_GETINFO_EVTSETS
+.\" get information about event sets
 .\" .nf
 .\" .BI  "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_GETINFO_EVTSETS, pfarg_setinfo_t *info, n);
 .\" .fi