diff --git a/man2/ptrace.2 b/man2/ptrace.2
index 4320de274..f571c4c27 100644
--- a/man2/ptrace.2
+++ b/man2/ptrace.2
@@ -296,9 +296,7 @@ is ignored.)
 .IR data
 is interpreted as a bit mask of options,
 which are specified by the following flags:
-
 .RS
-
 .TP
 .BR PTRACE_O_EXITKILL " (since Linux 3.8)"
 .\" commit 992fb6e170639b0849bace8e49bf31bd37c4123
@@ -307,7 +305,6 @@ If a tracer sets this flag, a
 signal will be sent to every tracee if the tracer exits.
 This option is useful for ptrace jailers that
 want to ensure that tracees can never escape the tracer's control.
-
 .TP
 .BR PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE " (since Linux 2.5.46)"
 Stop the tracee at the next
@@ -348,7 +345,6 @@ with the exit signal set to
 will be delivered if
 .B PTRACE_O_TRACEFORK
 is set.
-
 .TP
 .BR PTRACE_O_TRACEEXEC " (since Linux 2.5.46)"
 Stop the tracee at the next
@@ -367,7 +363,6 @@ If the execing thread is not a thread group leader,
 the thread ID is reset to thread group leader's ID before this stop.
 Since Linux 3.0, the former thread ID can be retrieved with
 .BR PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG .
-
 .TP
 .BR PTRACE_O_TRACEEXIT " (since Linux 2.5.60)"
 Stop the tracee at exit.
@@ -391,7 +386,6 @@ whereas the normal exit notification is done after the process
 is finished exiting.
 Even though context is available,
 the tracer cannot prevent the exit from happening at this point.
-
 .TP
 .BR PTRACE_O_TRACEFORK " (since Linux 2.5.46)"
 Stop the tracee at the next
@@ -411,7 +405,6 @@ value such that
 
 The PID of the new process can be retrieved with
 .BR PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG .
-
 .TP
 .BR PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD " (since Linux 2.4.6)"
 When delivering system call traps, set bit 7 in the signal number
@@ -456,9 +449,7 @@ value such that
 
 The PID of the new process can (since Linux 2.6.18) be retrieved with
 .BR PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG .
-
 .RE
-
 .TP
 .BR PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG " (since Linux 2.5.46)"
 Retrieve a message (as an