diff --git a/man3/stailq.3 b/man3/stailq.3
index e68cd25b2..67c5bb530 100644
--- a/man3/stailq.3
+++ b/man3/stailq.3
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ macro.
 .\" .BR STAILQ_REMOVE (),
 .\" this macro does not traverse the entire tail queue.
 .SS Other features
-.PP
 .BR STAILQ_CONCAT ()
 concatenates the tail queue headed by
 .I head2
diff --git a/man5/utmp.5 b/man5/utmp.5
index c77c34488..24b0cba7f 100644
--- a/man5/utmp.5
+++ b/man5/utmp.5
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ removed, record-keeping is turned off.
 .br
 .I /var/log/wtmp
 .SH CONFORMING TO
-.PP
 POSIX.1 does not specify a
 .I utmp
 structure, but rather one named
@@ -289,7 +288,6 @@ Linux uses the BSD conventions for line contents, as documented above.
 .\" informative messages such as \fB"new time"\fP in the line field.
 System V has no \fIut_host\fP or \fIut_addr_v6\fP fields.
 .SH NOTES
-.PP
 Unlike various other
 systems, where utmp logging can be disabled by removing the file, utmp
 must always exist on Linux.
diff --git a/man7/time_namespaces.7 b/man7/time_namespaces.7
index 3291ba006..cb1c5f2d3 100644
--- a/man7/time_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/time_namespaces.7
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ The motivation for adding time namespaces was to allow
 the monotonic and boot-time clocks to maintain consistent values
 during container migration and checkpoint/restore.
 .SH EXAMPLES
-.PP
 The following shell session demonstrates the operation of time namespaces.
 We begin by displaying the inode number of the time namespace
 of a shell in the initial time namespace: