diff --git a/man7/signal.7 b/man7/signal.7
index 3bd7137b3..5954ee97e 100644
--- a/man7/signal.7
+++ b/man7/signal.7
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ SIGTSTP	20,18,24,25	Stop	Stop typed at terminal
 SIGTTIN	21,21,26,27	Stop	Terminal input for background process
 SIGTTOU	22,22,27,28	Stop	Terminal output for background process
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 The signals
 .B SIGKILL
 and
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ SIGXCPU	24,24,30,12	Core	CPU time limit exceeded (4.2BSD);
 SIGXFSZ	25,25,31,30	Core	File size limit exceeded (4.2BSD);
 			see \fBsetrlimit\fP(2)
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 Up to and including Linux 2.2, the default behavior for
 .BR SIGSYS ", " SIGXCPU ", " SIGXFSZ ", "
 and (on architectures other than SPARC and MIPS)
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ SIGLOST	\-,\-,\-,\-	Term	File lock lost (unused)
 SIGWINCH	28,28,20,23	Ign	Window resize signal (4.3BSD, Sun)
 SIGUNUSED	31,\-,\-,31	Core	Synonymous with \fBSIGSYS\fP
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 (Signal 29 is
 .B SIGINFO
 /