diff --git a/man3/sem_getvalue.3 b/man3/sem_getvalue.3
index 8ec1a5194..65800fc92 100644
--- a/man3/sem_getvalue.3
+++ b/man3/sem_getvalue.3
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ If one or more processes or threads are blocked
 waiting to lock the semaphore with
 .BR sem_wait (3),
 POSIX.1-2001 permits two possibilities for the value returned in 
-.I sval:
+.IR sval :
 either 0 is returned; 
 or a negative number whose absolute value is the count 
 of the number of processes and threads currently blocked in
diff --git a/man3/sem_wait.3 b/man3/sem_wait.3
index cf99f1e7c..5116ae286 100644
--- a/man3/sem_wait.3
+++ b/man3/sem_wait.3
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ The following additional error can occur for
 .B EAGAIN
 The operation could not be performed without blocking (i.e., the
 semaphore currently has the value zero).
+.PP
 The following additional errors can occur for
 .BR sem_timedwait ():
 .TP