diff --git a/man2/mount.2 b/man2/mount.2
index 5b8c1b507..d2f982692 100644
--- a/man2/mount.2
+++ b/man2/mount.2
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ Since Linux 2.6.16,
 .B MS_RDONLY
 can be set or cleared on a per-mount-point basis as well as on
 the underlying filesystem.
-The mounted filesystem will only be
-writable if neither the filesystem nor the mountpoint are flagged as
+The mounted filesystem will be
+writable only if neither the filesystem nor the mountpoint are flagged as
 read-only.
 .\"
 .SS Remounting an existing mount
@@ -326,9 +326,9 @@ arguments should match the values used in the original
 call, except for those parameters that are being deliberately changed.
 Another exception is that
 .B MS_BIND
-has a different meaning for remount, and it should only be included if
+has a different meaning for remount, and it should be included only if
 explicitly desired.
-
+.PP
 The following
 .I mountflags
 can be changed:
@@ -361,19 +361,19 @@ is specified in
 then the remount operation preserves the existing values of these flags
 (rather than defaulting to
 .BR MS_RELATIME ).
-
+.PP
 Since Linux 2.6.26, this flag can be used with
 .B MS_BIND
-to only modify the per-mount-point flags.
+to modify only the per-mount-point flags.
 .\" See https://lwn.net/Articles/281157/
 This is particularly useful for setting or clearing the "read-only"
 flag on a mount point without changing the underlying filesystem.
 Specifying
 .IR mountflags
 as:
-
+.PP
     MS_REMOUNT | MS_BIND | MS_RDONLY
-
+.PP
 will make access through this mountpoint read-only, without affecting
 other mount points.
 .\"