diff --git a/man1/localedef.1 b/man1/localedef.1
index dca01fa61..3b9f8adf1 100644
--- a/man1/localedef.1
+++ b/man1/localedef.1
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ and
 .IR intcurrsym .
 .TP
 .B \-\-posix
-Conform strictly to POSIX.  Implies
+Conform strictly to POSIX.
+Implies
 .BR \-\-verbose .
 This option currently has no other effect.
 POSIX conformance is assumed if the environment variable
diff --git a/man2/access.2 b/man2/access.2
index f24a73161..3957a2ab8 100644
--- a/man2/access.2
+++ b/man2/access.2
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ call will still fail.
 These calls
 may not work correctly on NFSv2 filesystems with UID mapping enabled,
 because UID mapping is done on the server and hidden from the client,
-which checks permissions.  (NFS versions 3 and higher perform the check on
-the server.)
+which checks permissions.
+(NFS versions 3 and higher perform the check on the server.)
 Similar problems can occur to FUSE mounts.
 .\"
 .\"
diff --git a/man2/ioctl_console.2 b/man2/ioctl_console.2
index 8e3ebf0c8..e1f63d8a3 100644
--- a/man2/ioctl_console.2
+++ b/man2/ioctl_console.2
@@ -685,7 +685,8 @@ These are legal only for the superuser or the owner of the current terminal.
 .TP
 .B "TIOCLINUX, subcode=0"
 Dump the screen.
-Disappeared in Linux 1.1.92.  (With kernel 1.1.92 or later, read from
+Disappeared in Linux 1.1.92.
+(With kernel 1.1.92 or later, read from
 .I /dev/vcsN
 or
 .I /dev/vcsaN
diff --git a/man2/ioctl_fslabel.2 b/man2/ioctl_fslabel.2
index 30435e1e9..df4baecfd 100644
--- a/man2/ioctl_fslabel.2
+++ b/man2/ioctl_fslabel.2
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ The
 operation requires privilege
 .RB ( CAP_SYS_ADMIN ).
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-On success zero is returned.  On error, \-1 is returned, and
+On success zero is returned.
+On error, \-1 is returned, and
 .I errno
 is set to indicate the error.
 .SH ERRORS
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ The maximum string length for this interface is
 .BR FSLABEL_MAX ,
 including the terminating null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq).
 Filesystems have differing maximum label lengths, which may or
-may not include the terminating null.  The string provided to
+may not include the terminating null.
+The string provided to
 .B FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL
 must always be null-terminated, and the string returned by
 .B FS_IOC_GETFSLABEL
diff --git a/man2/openat2.2 b/man2/openat2.2
index efa840206..376e2ff78 100644
--- a/man2/openat2.2
+++ b/man2/openat2.2
@@ -439,7 +439,8 @@ call.
 .B EAGAIN
 .BR RESOLVE_CACHED
 was set, and the open operation cannot be performed using only cached
-information. The caller should retry without
+information.
+The caller should retry without
 .B RESOLVE_CACHED
 set in
 .I how.resolve .
diff --git a/man2/write.2 b/man2/write.2
index b651a43d9..1a2de2722 100644
--- a/man2/write.2
+++ b/man2/write.2
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ returning the number of bytes actually transferred.
 An error return value while performing
 .BR write ()
 using direct I/O does not mean the
-entire write has failed. Partial data may be written
+entire write has failed.
+Partial data may be written
 and the data at the file offset on which the
 .BR write ()
 was attempted should be considered inconsistent.
diff --git a/man3/dlsym.3 b/man3/dlsym.3
index e05403bfb..c6ddec332 100644
--- a/man3/dlsym.3
+++ b/man3/dlsym.3
@@ -153,12 +153,15 @@ There are several scenarios when the address of a global symbol is NULL.
 For example, a symbol can be placed at zero address by the linker, via
 a linker script or with
 .I \-\-defsym
-command-line option. Undefined weak symbols also have NULL value.
+command-line option.
+Undefined weak symbols also have NULL value.
 Finally, the symbol value may be the result of
 a GNU indirect function (IFUNC) resolver function that returns
-NULL as the resolved value. In the latter case,
+NULL as the resolved value.
+In the latter case,
 .BR dlsym ()
-also returns NULL without error. However, in the former two cases, the
+also returns NULL without error.
+However, in the former two cases, the
 behavior of GNU dynamic linker is inconsistent: relocation processing
 succeeds and the symbol can be observed to have NULL value, but
 .BR dlsym ()
diff --git a/man3/getopt.3 b/man3/getopt.3
index f5970075d..f34625bbd 100644
--- a/man3/getopt.3
+++ b/man3/getopt.3
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ behaviour is required in this case
 will contain two \(aq+\(aq symbols.
 If the first character of \fIoptstring\fP is \(aq\-\(aq, then
 each nonoption \fIargv\fP-element is handled as if it were the argument of
-an option with character code 1.  (This is used by programs that were
+an option with character code 1.
+(This is used by programs that were
 written to expect options and other \fIargv\fP-elements in any order
 and that care about the ordering of the two.)
 The special argument "\-\-" forces an end of option-scanning regardless
diff --git a/man3/nl_langinfo.3 b/man3/nl_langinfo.3
index 86a70404c..c0c47aae2 100644
--- a/man3/nl_langinfo.3
+++ b/man3/nl_langinfo.3
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ for alternative representation of a time in a locale-specific way
 conversion specification).
 .TP
 .BR DAY_ "{1\(en7} (LC_TIME)"
-Return name of the \fIn\fP-th day of the week. [Warning: this follows
+Return name of the \fIn\fP-th day of the week.
+[Warning: this follows
 the US convention DAY_1 = Sunday, not the international convention
 (ISO 8601) that Monday is the first day of the week.]
 (Used in
diff --git a/man3/termios.3 b/man3/termios.3
index c2b353872..256236819 100644
--- a/man3/termios.3
+++ b/man3/termios.3
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ Ignore modem control lines.
 .TP
 .B LOBLK
 (not in POSIX) Block output from a noncurrent shell layer.
-For use by \fBshl\fP (shell layers).  (Not implemented on Linux.)
+For use by \fBshl\fP (shell layers).
+(Not implemented on Linux.)
 .TP
 .B CIBAUD
 (not in POSIX) Mask for input speeds.
diff --git a/man3/xcrypt.3 b/man3/xcrypt.3
index 9a1419da6..4b425ccb8 100644
--- a/man3/xcrypt.3
+++ b/man3/xcrypt.3
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ xencrypt, xdecrypt, passwd2des \- RFS password encryption
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR WARNING :
-Do not use these functions in new code. They do not achieve
-any type of acceptable cryptographic security guarantees.
+Do not use these functions in new code.
+They do not achieve any type of acceptable cryptographic security guarantees.
 .PP
 The function
 .BR passwd2des ()
diff --git a/man5/hosts.equiv.5 b/man5/hosts.equiv.5
index c50110ecf..2aa59be58 100644
--- a/man5/hosts.equiv.5
+++ b/man5/hosts.equiv.5
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ You can explicitly deny access to a host by preceding the
 .I hostname
 by a minus (\-) sign.
 Users from that host must always supply additional credentials,
-including possibly a password. For security reasons you should always
+including possibly a password.
+For security reasons you should always
 use the FQDN of the hostname and not the short hostname.
 .PP
 The
diff --git a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
index ae49223b0..f9e253fe5 100644
--- a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
+++ b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@ Shadow user passwords, used by
 .BR getspnam (3)
 and related functions.
 .PP
-The GNU C Library ignores databases with unknown names.  Some
-applications use this to implement special handling for their own
-databases.  For example,
+The GNU C Library ignores databases with unknown names.
+Some applications use this to implement special handling for their own
+databases.
+For example,
 .BR sudo (8)
 consults the
 .B sudoers
diff --git a/man7/cgroups.7 b/man7/cgroups.7
index a5aa4a37d..3f4ed5432 100644
--- a/man7/cgroups.7
+++ b/man7/cgroups.7
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ was eventually made official with the release of Linux 4.5.
 Differences between the two versions are described in the text below.
 The file
 .IR cgroup.sane_behavior ,
-present in cgroups v1, is a relic of this mount option. The file
-always reports "0" and is only retained for backward compatibility.
+present in cgroups v1, is a relic of this mount option.
+The file always reports "0" and is only retained for backward compatibility.
 .PP
 Although cgroups v2 is intended as a replacement for cgroups v1,
 the older system continues to exist
diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index 3819dfd97..d0da214a8 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -525,7 +525,8 @@ If there is a single such prototype that needs to be continued,
 then align the continuation line so that when the page is
 rendered on a fixed-width font device (e.g., on an xterm) the
 continuation line starts just below the start of the argument
-list in the line above.  (Exception: the indentation may be
+list in the line above.
+(Exception: the indentation may be
 adjusted if necessary to prevent a very long continuation line
 or a further continuation line where the function prototype is
 very long.)
@@ -541,7 +542,8 @@ As an example:
 But, where multiple functions in the SYNOPSIS require
 continuation lines, and the function names have different
 lengths, then align all continuation lines to start in the
-same column.  This provides a nicer rendering in PDF output
+same column.
+This provides a nicer rendering in PDF output
 (because the SYNOPSIS uses a variable width font where
 spaces render narrower than most characters).
 As an example:
diff --git a/man7/netlink.7 b/man7/netlink.7
index 6537e6fab..6b04fead9 100644
--- a/man7/netlink.7
+++ b/man7/netlink.7
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ message signals an error and the payload contains an
 .I nlmsgerr
 structure,
 .B NLMSG_DONE
-message terminates a multipart message. Error messages get the
+message terminates a multipart message.
+Error messages get the
 original request appened, unless the user requests to cap the
 error message, and get extra error data if requested.
 .PP
diff --git a/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man7/system_data_types.7
index 6cb6cdde8..d117b1d2b 100644
--- a/man7/system_data_types.7
+++ b/man7/system_data_types.7
@@ -1247,7 +1247,8 @@ Alternatively,
 or
 .IR <wordexp.h> .
 .PP
-Used for a count of bytes.  It is the result of the
+Used for a count of bytes.
+It is the result of the
 .I sizeof
 operator.
 According to the C language standard,