diff --git a/man4/fuse.4 b/man4/fuse.4
index 976dab5e4..f5bba89cc 100644
--- a/man4/fuse.4
+++ b/man4/fuse.4
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ fuse \- Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) device
 .B #include <linux/fuse.h>
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
 This device is the primary interface between the FUSE filesystem driver
 and a user-space process wishing to provide the filesystem (referred to
 in the rest of this manual page as the
@@ -241,7 +240,6 @@ struct fuse_attr_out {
 };
 .EE
 .in
-.IP
 .TP
 .BR FUSE_ACCESS
 .IP
@@ -285,7 +283,6 @@ filesystem should validate that the requested
 are valid for the indicated resource and then send a reply with the
 following format:
 .IP
-.IP
 .in +4n
 .EX
 struct fuse_open_out {
@@ -296,7 +293,6 @@ struct fuse_open_out {
 .EE
 .in
 .IP
-.IP
 The
 .I fh
 field is an opaque identifier that the kernel will use to refer
@@ -333,7 +329,6 @@ struct fuse_read_in {
 .EE
 .in
 .IP
-.IP
 The requested action is to read up to
 .I size
 bytes of the file or directory, starting at