diff --git a/man2/prctl.2 b/man2/prctl.2
index a0e951929..f00c97a63 100644
--- a/man2/prctl.2
+++ b/man2/prctl.2
@@ -1041,7 +1041,8 @@ then the CPU is not affected by the speculation misfeature.
 .IP
 If
 .B PR_SPEC_PRCTL
-is set, then the per task control of the mitigation is available. If not set,
+is set, then the per task control of the mitigation is available.
+If not set,
 .BR prctl ()
 for the speculation misfeature will fail.
 In the above operation
@@ -1060,7 +1061,8 @@ which must be
 .B PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS.
 Otherwise the call fails with the error
 .BR ENODEV .
-This control is per task. The
+This control is per task.
+The
 .IR arg3
 is used to hand in the control value, which can be either:
 .RS
@@ -1074,7 +1076,8 @@ The speculation feature is disabled, mitigation is enabled
 .BR PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE
 Same as
 .B PR_SPEC_DISABLE
-but cannot be undone. A subsequent
+but cannot be undone.
+A subsequent
 .B
 prctl(..., PR_SPEC_ENABLE)
 will fail with