diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 8f3985875..0dbc05228 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -2080,7 +2080,6 @@ check (refer to
 .BR ptrace (2)).
 If the check denies access, then the field value is displayed as 0.
 The affected fields are indicated with the marking [PT].
-.IP
 .RS
 .TP 10
 (1) \fIpid\fP \ %d
@@ -2826,7 +2825,6 @@ In a multithreaded process, the contents of the
 directory are not available if the main thread has already terminated
 (typically by calling
 .BR pthread_exit (3)).
-.IP
 .TP
 .IR /proc/[pid]/task/[tid]/children " (since Linux 3.5)"
 .\" commit 818411616baf46ceba0cff6f05af3a9b294734f7
@@ -3984,7 +3982,6 @@ sl  local_address rem_address   st tx_queue rx_queue tr rexmits  tm\->when uid
  1: 00000000:0201 00000000:0000 0A 00000000:00000000 00:00000000 00000000 0
 .EE
 .in
-.IP
 .TP
 .I /proc/net/unix
 Lists the UNIX domain sockets present within the system and their