diff --git a/man3/catopen.3 b/man3/catopen.3
index 0d8d33bab..b7aa825ee 100644
--- a/man3/catopen.3
+++ b/man3/catopen.3
@@ -148,45 +148,46 @@ POSIX.1-2001.
 .\" In XPG 1987, Vol. 3 it says:
 .\" .I "The flag argument of catopen is reserved for future use"
 .\" .IR "and should be set to 0" .
-It is unclear what the source was for the constants
-.B MCLoadBySet
-and
-.B MCLoadAll
-(see below).
+.\"
+.\" It is unclear what the source was for the constants
+.\" .B MCLoadBySet
+.\" and
+.\" .B MCLoadAll
+.\" (see below).
 .SH NOTES
 The above is the POSIX.1-2001 description.
 The glibc value for
 .B NL_CAT_LOCALE
 is 1.
-(Compare
-.B MCLoadAll
-below.)
+.\" (Compare
+.\" .B MCLoadAll
+.\" below.)
 The default path varies, but usually looks at a number of places below
 .IR /usr/share/locale .
-.SS Linux notes
-These functions are available for Linux since libc 4.4.4c.
-In the case of linux libc4 and libc5, the catalog descriptor
-.I nl_catd
-is a
-.BR mmap (2)'ed
-area of memory and not a file descriptor.
-The
-.I flag
-argument to
-.BR catopen ()
-should be either
-.B MCLoadBySet
-(=0) or
-.B MCLoadAll
-(=1).
-The former value indicates that a set from the catalog is to be
-loaded when needed, whereas the latter causes the initial call to
-.BR catopen ()
-to load the entire catalog into memory.
-The default search path varies, but usually looks at a number of places below
-.I /etc/locale
-and
-.IR /usr/lib/locale .
+.\" .SS Linux notes
+.\" These functions are available for Linux since libc 4.4.4c.
+.\" In the case of linux libc4 and libc5, the catalog descriptor
+.\" .I nl_catd
+.\" is a
+.\" .BR mmap (2)'ed
+.\" area of memory and not a file descriptor.
+.\" The
+.\" .I flag
+.\" argument to
+.\" .BR catopen ()
+.\" should be either
+.\" .B MCLoadBySet
+.\" (=0) or
+.\" .B MCLoadAll
+.\" (=1).
+.\" The former value indicates that a set from the catalog is to be
+.\" loaded when needed, whereas the latter causes the initial call to
+.\" .BR catopen ()
+.\" to load the entire catalog into memory.
+.\" The default search path varies, but usually looks at a number of places below
+.\" .I /etc/locale
+.\" and
+.\" .IR /usr/lib/locale .
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR catgets (3),
 .BR setlocale (3)