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@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@ and
 .BR NETLINK_SELINUX
 groups allow other users to receive messages.
 No groups allow other users to send messages.
-.PP
 .SS Socket options
 To set or get a netlink socket option, call
 .BR getsockopt (2)