diff --git a/man2/_syscall.2 b/man2/_syscall.2
index 41e59b8e0..9743241cb 100644
--- a/man2/_syscall.2
+++ b/man2/_syscall.2
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de),
 .\"   Fri Apr  2 11:32:09 MET DST 1993
 .\"
diff --git a/man2/add_key.2 b/man2/add_key.2
index b496df47b..8b3892f50 100644
--- a/man2/add_key.2
+++ b/man2/add_key.2
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2006 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
 .\"
diff --git a/man2/epoll_create.2 b/man2/epoll_create.2
index 0141f43ec..61ef485e9 100644
--- a/man2/epoll_create.2
+++ b/man2/epoll_create.2
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\"  epoll by Davide Libenzi ( efficient event notification retrieval )
 .\"  Copyright (C) 2003  Davide Libenzi
 .\"
diff --git a/man2/epoll_ctl.2 b/man2/epoll_ctl.2
index cd624d623..e03a52f81 100644
--- a/man2/epoll_ctl.2
+++ b/man2/epoll_ctl.2
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\"  epoll by Davide Libenzi ( efficient event notification retrieval )
 .\"  Copyright (C) 2003  Davide Libenzi
 .\"
diff --git a/man2/epoll_wait.2 b/man2/epoll_wait.2
index 90544aece..a15ee2304 100644
--- a/man2/epoll_wait.2
+++ b/man2/epoll_wait.2
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\"  epoll by Davide Libenzi ( efficient event notification retrieval )
 .\"  Copyright (C) 2003  Davide Libenzi
 .\"
diff --git a/man2/getxattr.2 b/man2/getxattr.2
index ea702a125..960502799 100644
--- a/man2/getxattr.2
+++ b/man2/getxattr.2
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Extended attributes system calls manual pages
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (C) Andreas Gruenbacher, February 2001
diff --git a/man2/inotify_add_watch.2 b/man2/inotify_add_watch.2
index 19c9ab8e7..565cbc87c 100644
--- a/man2/inotify_add_watch.2
+++ b/man2/inotify_add_watch.2
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-.\" man2/inotify_add_watch.2 - inotify_add_watch man page
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2005 Robert Love
 .\" and Copyright, 2006 Michael Kerrisk
 .\"
diff --git a/man2/inotify_init.2 b/man2/inotify_init.2
index 8339752aa..7f0887dca 100644
--- a/man2/inotify_init.2
+++ b/man2/inotify_init.2
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-.\" man2/inotify_init.2 - inotify_init man page
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2005 Robert Love
 .\"
 .\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or
diff --git a/man2/inotify_rm_watch.2 b/man2/inotify_rm_watch.2
index 953d9bf75..173138604 100644
--- a/man2/inotify_rm_watch.2
+++ b/man2/inotify_rm_watch.2
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-.\" man2/inotify_rm_watch.2 - inotify_rm_watch man page
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2005 Robert Love
 .\"
 .\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or
diff --git a/man2/keyctl.2 b/man2/keyctl.2
index 261ad8ba4..ccec34746 100644
--- a/man2/keyctl.2
+++ b/man2/keyctl.2
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2006 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
 .\"
diff --git a/man2/listxattr.2 b/man2/listxattr.2
index ec9dab662..f0704d6b5 100644
--- a/man2/listxattr.2
+++ b/man2/listxattr.2
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Extended attributes system calls manual pages
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (C) Andreas Gruenbacher, February 2001
diff --git a/man2/removexattr.2 b/man2/removexattr.2
index e9cfe6d4b..d92f51e48 100644
--- a/man2/removexattr.2
+++ b/man2/removexattr.2
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Extended attributes system calls manual pages
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (C) Andreas Gruenbacher, February 2001
diff --git a/man2/request_key.2 b/man2/request_key.2
index 4879bb902..8efe59a63 100644
--- a/man2/request_key.2
+++ b/man2/request_key.2
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2006 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
 .\"
diff --git a/man2/setxattr.2 b/man2/setxattr.2
index c64d13858..c7dab69a4 100644
--- a/man2/setxattr.2
+++ b/man2/setxattr.2
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Extended attributes system calls manual pages
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (C) Andreas Gruenbacher, February 2001
diff --git a/man5/dir_colors.5 b/man5/dir_colors.5
index b704380d3..ca69a2baa 100644
--- a/man5/dir_colors.5
+++ b/man5/dir_colors.5
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" manpage for /etc/dir_colors, config file for dircolors(1)
 .\" extracted from color-ls 3.12.0.3 dircolors(1) manpage
 .\"
diff --git a/man7/epoll.7 b/man7/epoll.7
index 0abe25e5a..d3a7f0824 100644
--- a/man7/epoll.7
+++ b/man7/epoll.7
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\"  epoll by Davide Libenzi ( efficient event notification retrieval )
 .\"  Copyright (C) 2003  Davide Libenzi
 .\"
diff --git a/man7/mailaddr.7 b/man7/mailaddr.7
index bd7acb58e..d293bc0ac 100644
--- a/man7/mailaddr.7
+++ b/man7/mailaddr.7
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-.\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987 The Regents of the University of California.
 .\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
diff --git a/man7/uri.7 b/man7/uri.7
index 0b4b67bd3..0c4528db8 100644
--- a/man7/uri.7
+++ b/man7/uri.7
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-'\"
 .\" (C) Copyright 1999-2000 David A. Wheeler (dwheeler@dwheeler.com)
 .\"
 .\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this