diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
index e8c3eb064..63400b341 100644
--- a/man2/prctl.2
+++ b/man2/prctl.2
@@ -1390,11 +1390,11 @@ This will put the process in the IO_FLUSHER state,
 which allows it special treatment to make progress when allocating memory.
 If \fIarg2\fP is 0, the process will clear the IO_FLUSHER state, and
 the default behavior will be used.
-.PP
+.IP
 The calling process must have the
 .BR CAP_SYS_RESOURCE
 capability.
-.PP
+.IP
 Examples of IO_FLUSHER applications are FUSE daemons, SCSI device
 emulation daemons, and daemons that perform error handling like multipath
 path recovery applications.
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ path recovery applications.
 .B PR_GET_IO_FLUSHER (Since Linux 5.6)
 Return as the function result 1 if the caller is in the IO_FLUSHER state and
 0 if not.
-.PP
+.IP
 The calling process must have the
 .BR CAP_SYS_RESOURCE
 capability.