diff --git a/man2/capget.2 b/man2/capget.2
index 40b8a4eda..8fcefd1fd 100644
--- a/man2/capget.2
+++ b/man2/capget.2
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ The structures are defined as follows.
 .\" commit ca05a99a54db1db5bca72eccb5866d2a86f8517f
 #define _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S_3     2
 
-
 typedef struct __user_cap_header_struct {
    __u32 version;
    int pid;
diff --git a/man2/chown.2 b/man2/chown.2
index 5baf6ea1a..2294754f3 100644
--- a/man2/chown.2
+++ b/man2/chown.2
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ chown, fchown, lchown, fchownat \- change ownership of a file
 .BI "             uid_t " owner ", gid_t " group ", int " flags );
 .fi
 .sp
-.sp
 .in -4n
 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
diff --git a/man2/chroot.2 b/man2/chroot.2
index be6135987..92bbd0b62 100644
--- a/man2/chroot.2
+++ b/man2/chroot.2
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ by doing:
 
 This call does not close open file descriptors, and such file
 descriptors may allow access to files outside the chroot tree.
-
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 On success, zero is returned.
 On error, \-1 is returned, and