7 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man2/fallocate.2 b/man2/fallocate.2
index 7e9577ec83..549d6db73f 100644
--- a/man2/fallocate.2
+++ b/man2/fallocate.2
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ ext4 (since Linux 3.0)
 .IP *
 Btrfs (since Linux 3.7)
 .IP *
-.BR tmpfs "(5) (since Linux 3.5)"
+.BR tmpfs (5)
+(since Linux 3.5)"
 .\" commit 83e4fa9c16e4af7122e31be3eca5d57881d236fe
 .SS Collapsing file space
 .\" commit 00f5e61998dd17f5375d9dfc01331f104b83f841
diff --git a/man2/getgid.2 b/man2/getgid.2
index 137d633a41..47913c92b9 100644
--- a/man2/getgid.2
+++ b/man2/getgid.2
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ and
 wrapper functions transparently deal with the variations across kernel versions.
 .PP
 On Alpha, instead of a pair of
-.BR getgid "() and " getegid ()
+.BR getgid ()
+and
+.BR getegid ()
 system calls, a single
 .BR getxgid ()
 system call is provided, which returns a pair of real and effective GIDs.
diff --git a/man2/getpid.2 b/man2/getpid.2
index ed6e772640..024c262a96 100644
--- a/man2/getpid.2
+++ b/man2/getpid.2
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ always invoke the actual system call, rather than returning a cached value.
 .\" Review progress of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1469757
 .PP
 On Alpha, instead of a pair of
-.BR getpid "() and " getppid ()
+.BR getpid ()
+and
+.BR getppid ()
 system calls, a single
 .BR getxpid ()
 system call is provided, which returns a pair of PID and parent PID.
diff --git a/man2/getuid.2 b/man2/getuid.2
index 8e80090a24..c305a5581e 100644
--- a/man2/getuid.2
+++ b/man2/getuid.2
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ and
 wrapper functions transparently deal with the variations across kernel versions.
 .PP
 On Alpha, instead of a pair of
-.BR getuid "() and " geteuid ()
+.BR getuid ()
+and
+.BR geteuid ()
 system calls, a single
 .BR getxuid ()
 system call is provided, which returns a pair of real and effective UIDs.
diff --git a/man2/lseek.2 b/man2/lseek.2
index dfb819427a..5a28a7b49f 100644
--- a/man2/lseek.2
+++ b/man2/lseek.2
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ XFS (since Linux 3.5)
 .IP *
 ext4 (since Linux 3.8)
 .IP *
-.BR tmpfs "(5) (since Linux 3.8)"
+.BR tmpfs (5)
+(since Linux 3.8)
 .IP *
 NFS (since Linux 3.18)
 .\" commit 1c6dcbe5ceff81c2cf8d929646af675cd59fe7c0
diff --git a/man2/set_thread_area.2 b/man2/set_thread_area.2
index efa6a49cca..d7670cd98f 100644
--- a/man2/set_thread_area.2
+++ b/man2/set_thread_area.2
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ first appeared in Linux 2.5.29.
 .BR get_thread_area ()
 first appeared in Linux 2.5.32.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
-.BR set_thread_area "() and " get_thread_area ()
+.BR set_thread_area ()
+and
+.BR get_thread_area ()
 are Linux-specific and should not be used in programs that are intended
 to be portable.
 .SH NOTES
diff --git a/man3/tzset.3 b/man3/tzset.3
index bacfaf3579..ca94bd1d3d 100644
--- a/man3/tzset.3
+++ b/man3/tzset.3
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ If the
 .B TZ
 variable does not appear in the environment, the system timezone is used.
 The system timezone is configured by copying, or linking, a file in the
-.BR tzfile "(5) format to"
+.BR tzfile (5)
+format to
 .IR /etc/localtime .
 A timezone database of these files may be located in the system
 timezone directory (see the \fBFILES\fP section below).
@@ -210,7 +211,8 @@ The system timezone database directory.
 When a TZ string includes a dst timezone without anything following it,
 then this file is used for the start/end rules.
 It is in the
-.BR tzfile "(5) format."
+.BR tzfile (5)
+format.
 By default, the zoneinfo Makefile hard links it to the
 .IR America/New_York " tzfile."
 .PP