diff --git a/man7/standards.7 b/man7/standards.7
index a3ab37df1..714652142 100644
--- a/man7/standards.7
+++ b/man7/standards.7
@@ -236,10 +236,8 @@ standardized in POSIX.1-2001.
 .IP
 Two Technical Corrigenda (minor fixes and improvements)
 of the original 2001 standard have occurred:
-TC1 in 2003 (also known as
-.IR POSIX.1-2003 ),
-and TC2 in 2004 (also known as
-.IR POSIX.1-2004 ).
+TC1 in 2003
+and TC2 in 2004.
 .TP
 .B POSIX.1-2008, SUSv4
 Work on the next revision of POSIX.1/SUS was completed and
@@ -267,13 +265,9 @@ lists POSIX.1-2001, it can be assumed that the interface also
 conforms to POSIX.1-2008, unless otherwise noted.
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 Technical Corrigendum 1 (minor fixes and improvements)
-of this standard was released in 2013
-(also known as
-.IR POSIX.1-2013 ).
+of this standard was released in 2013.
 .IP
-Technical Corrigendum 2 of this standard was released in 2016
-(also known as
-.IR POSIX.1-2016 ).
+Technical Corrigendum 2 of this standard was released in 2016.
 .IP
 Further information can be found on the Austin Group web site,
 .UR http://www.opengroup.org\:/austin/