diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index e81678fd9..b6437d7ba 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ and then
 If the binary was linked with the
 .B \-z nodeflib
 linker option, this step is skipped.
+.\"
 .SS Dynamic string tokens
-.PP
 In several places, the dynamic linker expands dynamic string tokens:
 .IP o 3
 In the environment variables