diff --git a/man2/alloc_hugepages.2 b/man2/alloc_hugepages.2
index 9b7930a48..19cf234d0 100644
--- a/man2/alloc_hugepages.2
+++ b/man2/alloc_hugepages.2
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ with the given key existed.
 If this flag is not set, then
 .B ENOENT
 is returned when no segment with the given key exists.
-.IR
 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
 On success,
 .BR alloc_hugepages ()
diff --git a/man2/sigaction.2 b/man2/sigaction.2
index 97d888510..eadce9d57 100644
--- a/man2/sigaction.2
+++ b/man2/sigaction.2
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ POSIX.1b signals and
 .B SIGCHLD
 fill in
 .IR si_pid " and " si_uid .
-.BR
 .IP *
 .B SIGCHLD
 also fills in
diff --git a/man3/ffs.3 b/man3/ffs.3
index 3fbef0da5..95c8924b9 100644
--- a/man3/ffs.3
+++ b/man3/ffs.3
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ function returns the position of the first
 (least significant) bit set in the word \fIi\fP.
 The least significant bit is position 1 and the
 most significant position is, for example, 32 or 64.
-.BR
 The functions
 .BR ffsll ()
 and
diff --git a/man3/timeradd.3 b/man3/timeradd.3
index d602100a8..f354cdce3 100644
--- a/man3/timeradd.3
+++ b/man3/timeradd.3
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ the result of the comparison.
 and
 .BR timercmp ()
 return true (non-zero) or false (0).
-.BR
 .SH ERRORS
 No errors are defined.
 .SH CONFORMING TO