12 files changed, 2 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/man3/stailq.3 b/man3/stailq.3
index e68cd25b2f..8514b39989 100644
--- a/man3/stailq.3
+++ b/man3/stailq.3
@@ -256,13 +256,13 @@ 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
 onto the end of the one headed by
 .I head1
 removing all entries from the former.
+.\" .PP
 .\" .BR STAILQ_SWAP ()
 .\" swaps the contents of
 .\" .I head1
diff --git a/man3/tailq.3 b/man3/tailq.3
index 00fef1ce44..75ab7e1cf6 100644
--- a/man3/tailq.3
+++ b/man3/tailq.3
@@ -306,12 +306,12 @@ removes the element
 .I elm
 from the queue.
 .SS Other features
-.\" .PP
 .\" .BR TAILQ_SWAP ()
 .\" swaps the contents of
 .\" .I head1
 .\" and
 .\" .IR head2 .
+.\" .PP
 .BR TAILQ_CONCAT ()
 concatenates the queue headed by
 .I head2
diff --git a/man4/lirc.4 b/man4/lirc.4
index 999cdc571a..8bc8a95cf5 100644
--- a/man4/lirc.4
+++ b/man4/lirc.4
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 .SH NAME
 lirc \- lirc devices
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
 The
 .I /dev/lirc*
 character devices provide a low-level
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ receiving and sending is supported, and in which modes, amongst other
 features.
 .\"
 .SS Reading input with the LIRC_MODE_MODE2 mode
-.PP
 In the \fBLIRC_MODE_MODE2 mode\fR, the data returned by
 .BR read (2)
 provides 32-bit values representing a space or a pulse duration.
@@ -90,7 +88,6 @@ The package reflects a timeout; see the
 ioctl.
 .\"
 .SS Reading input with the LIRC_MODE_SCANCODE mode
-.PP
 In the \fBLIRC_MODE_SCANCODE\fR
 mode, the data returned by
 .BR read (2)
@@ -100,7 +97,6 @@ is stored in \fIrc_proto\fR.
 This field has one the values of the \fIenum rc_proto\fR.
 .\"
 .SS Writing output with the LIRC_MODE_PULSE mode
-.PP
 The data written to the character device using
 .BR write (2)
 is a pulse/space sequence of integer values.
@@ -116,7 +112,6 @@ If more data is provided than the hardware can send, the
 call fails with the error
 .BR EINVAL .
 .SS Writing output with the LIRC_MODE_SCANCODE mode
-.PP
 The data written to the character devices must be a single struct
 \fIlirc_scancode\fR.
 The \fIscancode\fR and \fIrc_proto\fR fields must
@@ -127,7 +122,6 @@ The protocol or scancode is invalid, or the
 .B lirc
 device cannot transmit.
 .SH IOCTL COMMANDS
-.PP
 The LIRC device's ioctl definition is bound by the ioctl function
 definition of
 .IR "struct file_operations" ,
@@ -153,7 +147,6 @@ referred to below as
 .IR val .
 .\"
 .SS Always Supported Commands
-.PP
 \fI/dev/lirc*\fR devices always support the following commands:
 .TP 4
 .BR LIRC_GET_FEATURES " (\fIvoid\fP)"
@@ -166,7 +159,6 @@ it is safe to assume it is not a
 device.
 .\"
 .SS Optional Commands
-.PP
 Some
 .B lirc
 devices support the commands listed below.
@@ -363,7 +355,6 @@ Trying to disable a wide band receiver while carrier reports are active
 will do nothing.
 .\"
 .SH FEATURES
-.PP
 the
 .BR LIRC_GET_FEATURES
 ioctl returns a bit mask describing features of the driver.
diff --git a/man4/st.4 b/man4/st.4
index 1d1f0fab87..e300eb45cf 100644
--- a/man4/st.4
+++ b/man4/st.4
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ driver.
 The definitions below are from
 .IR /usr/include/linux/mtio.h :
 .SS MTIOCTOP \(em perform a tape operation
-.PP
 This request takes an argument of type
 .IR "(struct mtop\ *)" .
 Not all drives support all operations.
@@ -686,7 +685,6 @@ the cleaning request.
 If the pattern is nonzero, the pattern must match
 the masked sense data byte.
 .SS MTIOCGET \(em get status
-.PP
 This request takes an argument of type
 .IR "(struct mtget\ *)" .
 .PP
@@ -815,7 +813,6 @@ This value is set to \-1 when the block number is unknown (e.g., after
 or
 .BR MTSEEK ).
 .SS MTIOCPOS \(em get tape position
-.PP
 This request takes an argument of type
 .I "(struct mtpos\ *)"
 and reports the drive's notion of the current tape block number,
diff --git a/man5/utmp.5 b/man5/utmp.5
index c77c344887..24b0cba7f5 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/boot.7 b/man7/boot.7
index cb861932c7..25d7b6a7c9 100644
--- a/man7/boot.7
+++ b/man7/boot.7
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 .SH NAME
 boot \- System bootup process based on UNIX System V Release 4
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
 The \fBbootup process\fR (or "\fBboot sequence\fR") varies in details
 among systems, but can be roughly divided into phases controlled by
 the following components:
@@ -215,7 +214,6 @@ A boot script in \fI/etc/init.d\fR reads and includes its configuration
 file (that is, it "\fBsources\fR" its configuration file) and then uses
 the variable values.
 .SH FILES
-.PP
 .IR /etc/init.d/ ,
 .IR /etc/rc[S0\-6].d/ ,
 .I /etc/sysconfig/
diff --git a/man7/credentials.7 b/man7/credentials.7
index 2d966a15c2..f2acf4cfcc 100644
--- a/man7/credentials.7
+++ b/man7/credentials.7
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ that the process may create (see
 .BR inotify (7)).
 .\"
 .SS Modifying process user and group IDs
-.PP
 Subject to rules described in the relevant manual pages,
 a process can use the following APIs to modify its user and group IDs:
 .TP
diff --git a/man7/futex.7 b/man7/futex.7
index f59725b614..155c494405 100644
--- a/man7/futex.7
+++ b/man7/futex.7
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ futex \- fast user-space locking
 .B #include <linux/futex.h>
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
 The Linux kernel provides futexes ("Fast user-space mutexes")
 as a building block for fast user-space
 locking and semaphores.
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ Processes can share this integer using
 via shared memory segments, or because they share memory space,
 in which case the application is commonly called multithreaded.
 .SS Semantics
-.PP
 Any futex operation starts in user space,
 but it may be necessary to communicate with the kernel using the
 .BR futex (2)
@@ -90,12 +88,10 @@ for
 more details.
 The same holds for asynchronous futex waiting.
 .SH VERSIONS
-.PP
 Initial futex support was merged in Linux 2.5.7
 but with different semantics from those described above.
 Current semantics are available from Linux 2.5.40 onward.
 .SH NOTES
-.PP
 To reiterate, bare futexes are not intended as an easy-to-use
 abstraction for end users.
 Implementors are expected to be assembly literate and to have read
diff --git a/man7/mailaddr.7 b/man7/mailaddr.7
index 25502e35de..94eeb6eb01 100644
--- a/man7/mailaddr.7
+++ b/man7/mailaddr.7
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ The name may have to be quoted using "", for example, if it contains ".":
 .PP
 	"John Q. Doe" <john.doe@monet.example.com>
 .SS Abbreviation
-.PP
 Some mail systems let users abbreviate the domain name.
 For instance,
 users at example.com may get away with "john.doe@monet" to
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ send mail to John Doe.
 .I "This behavior is deprecated."
 Sometimes it works, but you should not depend on it.
 .SS Route-addrs
-.PP
 In the past, sometimes one had to route a message through
 several hosts to get it to its final destination.
 Addresses which show these relays are termed "route-addrs".
@@ -102,7 +100,6 @@ They occur sometimes in old mail archives.
 It is generally possible to ignore all but the "user@hostc"
 part of the address to determine the actual address.
 .SS Postmaster
-.PP
 Every site is required to have a user or user alias designated
 "postmaster" to which problems with the mail system may be
 addressed.
diff --git a/man7/sigevent.7 b/man7/sigevent.7
index f95c1da71d..87736be65e 100644
--- a/man7/sigevent.7
+++ b/man7/sigevent.7
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ struct sigevent {
 };
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
 The
 .I sigevent
 structure is used by various APIs
diff --git a/man7/time_namespaces.7 b/man7/time_namespaces.7
index 3291ba0069..d4f3a9d5f1 100644
--- a/man7/time_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/time_namespaces.7
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ the contents of the
 .I timens_offsets
 file are inherited from the time namespace of the creating process.
 .SH NOTES
-.PP
 Use of time namespaces requires a kernel that is configured with the
 .B CONFIG_TIME_NS
 option.
@@ -211,7 +210,6 @@ 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:
diff --git a/man7/uri.7 b/man7/uri.7
index 97c4f9cb7f..facd435ccd 100644
--- a/man7/uri.7
+++ b/man7/uri.7
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ absolute_path = "/"  path_segments
 relative_path = relative_segment [ absolute_path ]
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
 A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a short string of characters
 identifying an abstract or physical resource (for example, a web page).
 A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a URI
@@ -487,7 +486,6 @@ URNs are to be supported by the urn: scheme, with a hierarchical name space
 URNs are not widely implemented.
 Not all tools support all schemes.
 .SS Character encoding
-.PP
 URIs use a limited number of characters so that they can be
 typed in and used in a variety of situations.
 .PP
@@ -582,7 +580,6 @@ permitted, and can be used only when there is no defined base
 Don't use abbreviated URIs as hypertext links inside a document;
 use the standard format as described here.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
-.PP
 .UR http://www.ietf.org\:/rfc\:/rfc2396.txt
 (IETF RFC\ 2396)
 .UE ,
@@ -628,7 +625,6 @@ will converge to common URI formats, and a future
 version of this man page will describe the converged result.
 Efforts to aid this convergence are encouraged.
 .SS Security
-.PP
 A URI does not in itself pose a security threat.
 There is no general guarantee that a URL, which at one time
 located a given resource, will continue to do so.
@@ -671,7 +667,6 @@ In particular, the use of a password within
 the "userinfo" component of a URI is strongly recommended against except
 in those rare cases where the "password" parameter is intended to be public.
 .SH BUGS
-.PP
 Documentation may be placed in a variety of locations, so there
 currently isn't a good URI scheme for general online documentation
 in arbitrary formats.