diff --git a/man2/getpid.2 b/man2/getpid.2
index dc7631a00..0aced3bae 100644
--- a/man2/getpid.2
+++ b/man2/getpid.2
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ getpid, getppid \- get process identification
 returns the process ID of the calling process.
 (This is often used by
 routines that generate unique temporary filenames.)
-
+.PP
 .BR getppid ()
 returns the process ID of the parent of the calling process.
 This will be either the ID of the process that created this process using
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ for discussion of a case where
 may return the wrong value even when invoking
 .BR clone (2)
 via the glibc wrapper function.
-
+.PP
 Since glibc version 2.25, the PID cache is removed:
 .\" commit c579f48edba88380635ab98cb612030e3ed8691e
 calls to