diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7
index 036bb6fb5..576034a45 100644
--- a/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man7/inotify.7
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ instance have been closed (using
 the underlying object and its resources are
 freed for reuse by the kernel;
 all associated watches are automatically freed.
-
+.PP
 With careful programming,
 an application can use inotify to efficiently monitor and cache
 the state of a set of filesystem objects.