diff --git a/man2/utime.2 b/man2/utime.2
index 37454c66c..269598760 100644
--- a/man2/utime.2
+++ b/man2/utime.2
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ SVr4, POSIX.1-2001.
 POSIX.1-2008 marks
 .BR utime ()
 as obsolete.
-.br
+.PP
 .BR utimes ():
 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
 .SH NOTES