diff --git a/man2/link.2 b/man2/link.2
index 8af6ec646..063ff1f4c 100644
--- a/man2/link.2
+++ b/man2/link.2
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ is an empty string, create a link to the file referenced by
 flag).
 In this case,
 .I olddirfd
-can refer to any type of file, not just a directory.  This will
-generally not work if the file has a link count of zero (files
+can refer to any type of file, not just a directory.
+This will generally not work if the file has a link count of zero (files
 created with
 .BR O_TMPFILE
 and without
@@ -167,14 +167,16 @@ to cause
 .I oldpath
 to be dereferenced if it is a symbolic link.
 If procfs is mounted,
-this can be used as an alternative to AT_EMPTY_PATH, even by
-unprivileged processes on Linux versions before 3.11, like this:
-.RS
-.PP
-.EX 
-linkat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/self/fd/<fd>", newdirfd, newname, AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW);
-.EE
-.RE
+this can be used as an alternative to
+.BR AT_EMPTY_PATH ,
+even by unprivileged processes on Linux versions before 3.11, like this:
+
+.nf
+.in +4n
+linkat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/self/fd/<fd>", newdirfd,
+       newname, AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW);
+.in
+.fi
 .PP
 Before kernel 2.6.18, the
 .I flags