diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/iscntrl.3 b/lib/libc/locale/iscntrl.3
index 21b98a77d76c..54379a4af7a5 100644
--- a/lib/libc/locale/iscntrl.3
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/iscntrl.3
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ or the value of
 .Pp
 In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
 (with their numeric values shown in octal):
-.Pp
 .Bl -column \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__
 .It "\&000\ NUL \t001\ SOH \t002\ STX \t003\ ETX \t004\ EOT"
 .It "\&005\ ENQ \t006\ ACK \t007\ BEL \t010\ BS \t011\ HT"
diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/isdigit.3 b/lib/libc/locale/isdigit.3
index 961d7e13cbca..c36f8788c27a 100644
--- a/lib/libc/locale/isdigit.3
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/isdigit.3
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ The
 .Fn isdigit
 function tests for a decimal digit character.
 Regardless of locale, this includes the following characters only:
-.Pp
 .Bl -column \&``0''______ \&``0''______ \&``0''______ \&``0''______ \&``0''______
 .It "\&``0''\t``1''\t``2''\t``3''\t``4''"
 .It "\&``5''\t``6''\t``7''\t``8''\t``9''"
diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/isgraph.3 b/lib/libc/locale/isgraph.3
index ec304d03b713..2f69825d831e 100644
--- a/lib/libc/locale/isgraph.3
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/isgraph.3
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ or the value of
 .Pp
 In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
 (with their numeric values shown in octal):
-.Pp
 .Bl -column \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__
 .It "\&041\ ``!'' \t042\ ``""'' \t043\ ``#'' \t044\ ``$'' \t045\ ``%''"
 .It "\&046\ ``&'' \t047\ ``''' \t050\ ``('' \t051\ ``)'' \t052\ ``*''"
diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/islower.3 b/lib/libc/locale/islower.3
index d72e7cf5b121..fdf520a79acc 100644
--- a/lib/libc/locale/islower.3
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/islower.3
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ or the value of
 .Pp
 In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
 (with their numeric values shown in octal):
-.Pp
 .Bl -column \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__
 .It "\&141\ ``a'' \t142\ ``b'' \t143\ ``c'' \t144\ ``d'' \t145\ ``e''"
 .It "\&146\ ``f'' \t147\ ``g'' \t150\ ``h'' \t151\ ``i'' \t152\ ``j''"
diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3 b/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3
index d8adf1da37f3..f6039d1b7576 100644
--- a/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ or the value of
 .Pp
 In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
 (with their numeric values shown in octal):
-.Pp
 .Bl -column \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__
 .It "\&040\ sp \t041\ ``!'' \t042\ ``""'' \t043\ ``#'' \t044\ ``$''"
 .It "\&045\ ``%'' \t046\ ``&'' \t047\ ``''' \t050\ ``('' \t051\ ``)''"
diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/ispunct.3 b/lib/libc/locale/ispunct.3
index aa0246107e4e..944fc72d5958 100644
--- a/lib/libc/locale/ispunct.3
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/ispunct.3
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ or the value of
 .Pp
 In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
 (with their numeric values shown in octal):
-.Pp
 .Bl -column \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__
 .It "\&041\ ``!'' \t042\ ``""'' \t043\ ``#'' \t044\ ``$'' \t045\ ``%''"
 .It "\&046\ ``&'' \t047\ ``''' \t050\ ``('' \t051\ ``)'' \t052\ ``*''"
diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/isspace.3 b/lib/libc/locale/isspace.3
index eab6cfcd5633..8dc9e76928fd 100644
--- a/lib/libc/locale/isspace.3
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/isspace.3
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ The
 .Fn isspace
 function tests for white-space characters.
 For any locale, this includes the following standard characters:
-.Pp
 .Bl -column \&`\et''___ \&``\et''___ \&``\et''___ \&``\et''___ \&``\et''___ \&``\et''___
 .It "\&``\et''\t``\en''\t``\ev''\t``\ef''\t``\er''\t`` ''"
 .El
diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/isupper.3 b/lib/libc/locale/isupper.3
index 6aeb5ac9aa3d..2e63d44ed5e5 100644
--- a/lib/libc/locale/isupper.3
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/isupper.3
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ or the value of
 .Pp
 In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
 (with their numeric values shown in octal):
-.Pp
 .Bl -column \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__
 .It "\&101\ ``A'' \t102\ ``B'' \t103\ ``C'' \t104\ ``D'' \t105\ ``E''"
 .It "\&106\ ``F'' \t107\ ``G'' \t110\ ``H'' \t111\ ``I'' \t112\ ``J''"
diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/isxdigit.3 b/lib/libc/locale/isxdigit.3
index 1fb54bf94f5d..84fe179408cc 100644
--- a/lib/libc/locale/isxdigit.3
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/isxdigit.3
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ The
 .Fn isxdigit
 function tests for any hexadecimal-digit character.
 Regardless of locale, this includes the following characters only:
-.Pp
 .Bl -column \&``0''______ \&``0''______ \&``0''______ \&``0''______ \&``0''______
 .It "\&``0''\t``1''\t``2''\t``3''\t``4''"
 .It "\&``5''\t``6''\t``7''\t``8''\t``9''"
diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/xlocale.3 b/lib/libc/locale/xlocale.3
index 7172ad550caa..debe7f51b881 100644
--- a/lib/libc/locale/xlocale.3
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/xlocale.3
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ which defines
 For reference,
 a complete list of the locale-aware functions that are available in this form,
 along with the headers that expose them, is provided here:
-.Pp
 .Bl -tag -width "<monetary.h> "
 .It In wctype.h
 .Xr iswalnum_l 3 ,
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/inet_net.3 b/lib/libc/net/inet_net.3
index 1da5975eec33..9a12cc764dca 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/inet_net.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/inet_net.3
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ The
 argument
 is the size of the result buffer
 .Fa dst .
-.Pp
 .Sh NETWORK NUMBERS (IP VERSION 4)
 Internet network numbers may be specified in one of the following forms:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/nsdispatch.3 b/lib/libc/net/nsdispatch.3
index 2fd9ec9c6337..088456c1671f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/nsdispatch.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/nsdispatch.3
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ While there is support for arbitrary sources, the following
 Refer to
 .Xr nsswitch.conf 5
 for a complete description of what each source type is.
-.Pp
 .Ss Method return values
 The
 .Vt nss_method
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/sctp_getassocid.3 b/lib/libc/net/sctp_getassocid.3
index 909b9c773442..27ae32494fff 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/sctp_getassocid.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/sctp_getassocid.3
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ The
 call attempts to look up the specified socket address
 .Fa addr
 and find the respective association identification. 
-.Pp
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The call returns the association id upon success and
 0 is returned upon failure.
diff --git a/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_to_text.3 b/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_to_text.3
index 46ae42184183..8491e32bdc72 100644
--- a/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_to_text.3
+++ b/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_to_text.3
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ flag is given.
 The flags specified are formed by
 .Em or Ns 'ing
 the following values
-.Pp
 .Bl -column -offset 3n "ACL_TEXT_NUMERIC_IDS"
 .It ACL_TEXT_VERBOSE		Format ACL using verbose form
 .It ACL_TEXT_NUMERIC_IDS	Do not resolve IDs into user or group names
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/cpuset_getaffinity.2 b/lib/libc/sys/cpuset_getaffinity.2
index 5c75b92a7dcc..bc862675bb7d 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/cpuset_getaffinity.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/cpuset_getaffinity.2
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ and
 .Fa id
 to the value in
 .Fa mask .
-.Pp
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Rv -std
 .Sh ERRORS
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/pathconf.2 b/lib/libc/sys/pathconf.2
index 3cfcdbc99b7e..cbdb3c1848c8 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/pathconf.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/pathconf.2
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ while
 returns information about the file the link references.
 .Pp
 The available values are as follows:
-.Pp
 .Bl -tag -width 6n
 .It Li _PC_LINK_MAX
 The maximum file link count.
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/posix_fadvise.2 b/lib/libc/sys/posix_fadvise.2
index 864e32503590..37453ff10d96 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/posix_fadvise.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/posix_fadvise.2
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ descriptor has the
 .Dv O_DIRECT
 flag enabled.
 .El
-.Pp
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 .Rv -std posix_fadvise
 .Sh ERRORS
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/posix_fallocate.2 b/lib/libc/sys/posix_fallocate.2
index fbeb6d3180a2..087c68c2ecad 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/posix_fallocate.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/posix_fallocate.2
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ may be freed by a successful call to
 that reduces the file size to a size smaller than
 .Fa offset +
 .Fa len .
-.Pp
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 If successful,
 .Fn posix_fallocate
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sctp_peeloff.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sctp_peeloff.2
index d94f2800cc33..2cc9c9398221 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/sctp_peeloff.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/sctp_peeloff.2
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ The
 system call attempts detach the association specified by
 .Fa id
 into its own separate socket.
-.Pp
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The call returns -1 on failure and the new socket descriptor
 upon success.
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/shm_open.2 b/lib/libc/sys/shm_open.2
index a2fa502ce9a8..cc12132247a7 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/shm_open.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/shm_open.2
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ The
 .Fn shm_unlink
 system call removes a shared memory object named
 .Fa path .
-.Pp
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 If successful,
 .Fn shm_open
diff --git a/lib/libcrypt/crypt.3 b/lib/libcrypt/crypt.3
index d3f89e20076f..b48323768a23 100644
--- a/lib/libcrypt/crypt.3
+++ b/lib/libcrypt/crypt.3
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ A brief test on a
 crypt to do approximately 2640 crypts
 a CPU second and MD5 to do about 62 crypts a CPU second.
 .Ss DES Extended Format:
-.Pp
 The
 .Ar key
 is divided into groups of 8 characters (the last group is null-padded)
@@ -163,7 +162,6 @@ string, 20 or 13 bytes (plus null) in length, consisting of the
 .Ar salt
 followed by the encoded 64-bit encryption.
 .Ss "Modular" crypt:
-.Pp
 If the salt begins with the string
 .Fa $digit$
 then the Modular Crypt Format is used.
@@ -199,9 +197,7 @@ An example salt would be:
 .Bl -tag -offset indent
 .It Cm "$4$thesalt$rest"
 .El
-.Pp
 .Ss "Traditional" crypt:
-.Pp
 The algorithm used will depend upon whether
 .Fn crypt_set_format
 has been called and whether a global default format has been specified.
diff --git a/lib/libelf/elf_getphdrnum.3 b/lib/libelf/elf_getphdrnum.3
index 290c69ac87a6..f95dd451c1fe 100644
--- a/lib/libelf/elf_getphdrnum.3
+++ b/lib/libelf/elf_getphdrnum.3
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ and stores it into the location pointed to by argument
 .Pp
 This routine allows applications to uniformly process both normal ELF
 objects and ELF objects that use extended numbering.
-.Pp
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 Function
 .Fn elf_getphdrnum
diff --git a/lib/libelf/elf_getphnum.3 b/lib/libelf/elf_getphnum.3
index abf4b395c4de..174ecb58df4b 100644
--- a/lib/libelf/elf_getphnum.3
+++ b/lib/libelf/elf_getphnum.3
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ and stores it into the location pointed to by argument
 .Pp
 This routine allows applications to uniformly process both normal ELF
 objects and ELF objects that use extended numbering.
-.Pp
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 Function
 .Fn elf_getphnum
diff --git a/lib/libelf/elf_getshdrnum.3 b/lib/libelf/elf_getshdrnum.3
index 0128e0a0268f..dc695a3857d9 100644
--- a/lib/libelf/elf_getshdrnum.3
+++ b/lib/libelf/elf_getshdrnum.3
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ and stores it into the location pointed to by argument
 .Pp
 This routine allows applications to uniformly process both normal ELF
 objects, and ELF objects that use extended section numbering.
-.Pp
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 Function
 .Fn elf_getshdrnum
diff --git a/lib/libelf/elf_getshdrstrndx.3 b/lib/libelf/elf_getshdrstrndx.3
index 009662ec1bb9..5db33dddaf2a 100644
--- a/lib/libelf/elf_getshdrstrndx.3
+++ b/lib/libelf/elf_getshdrstrndx.3
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ and stores it into the location pointed to by argument
 .Pp
 This function allow applications to process both normal ELF
 objects and ELF objects that use extended section numbering uniformly.
-.Pp
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 These functions return zero if successful, or -1 in case of an error.
 .Sh ERRORS
diff --git a/lib/libelf/elf_getshnum.3 b/lib/libelf/elf_getshnum.3
index 41b519e29716..41431fed73ba 100644
--- a/lib/libelf/elf_getshnum.3
+++ b/lib/libelf/elf_getshnum.3
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ and stores it into the location pointed to by argument
 .Pp
 This routine allows applications to uniformly process both normal ELF
 objects, and ELF objects that use extended section numbering.
-.Pp
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 Function
 .Fn elf_getshnum
diff --git a/lib/libelf/elf_getshstrndx.3 b/lib/libelf/elf_getshstrndx.3
index f042a6f72393..a7202773b225 100644
--- a/lib/libelf/elf_getshstrndx.3
+++ b/lib/libelf/elf_getshstrndx.3
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ sets the index of the section name string table to argument
 .Pp
 These routines allow applications to process both normal ELF
 objects and ELF objects that use extended section numbering uniformly.
-.Pp
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 These functions return a non-zero value if successful, or zero in case
 of an error.
diff --git a/lib/libgpib/gpib.3 b/lib/libgpib/gpib.3
index b587da6682b5..9d80ae0aadc6 100644
--- a/lib/libgpib/gpib.3
+++ b/lib/libgpib/gpib.3
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ Device trigger status
 Device clear state
 .El
 .Ss Function Description
-.Pp
 The function
 .Fn ibdev
 is used to open the GPIB device, and establish the parameters to
diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmc.3 b/lib/libpmc/pmc.3
index bceb9bd753cf..0a537a593314 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmc.3
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmc.3
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ CPUs.
 The timestamp counter on i386 and amd64 architecture CPUs.
 .El
 .Ss PMC Capabilities
-.Pp
 Capabilities of performance monitoring hardware are denoted using
 the
 .Vt "enum pmc_caps"
diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmc.k7.3 b/lib/libpmc/pmc.k7.3
index 99fb9640bb8d..59e64896cee0 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmc.k7.3
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmc.k7.3
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ Each K7 CPU contains 4 PMCs with the following capabilities:
 .It PMC_CAP_WRITE Ta Yes
 .El
 .Ss Event Qualifiers
-.Pp
 Event specifiers for AMD K7 PMCs can have the following optional
 qualifiers:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmc.k8.3 b/lib/libpmc/pmc.k8.3
index 03c6bb65d32f..e4eb081b4d7e 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmc.k8.3
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmc.k8.3
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ Each CPU contains 4 PMCs with the following capabilities:
 .It PMC_CAP_WRITE Ta Yes
 .El
 .Ss Event Qualifiers
-.Pp
 Event specifiers for AMD K8 PMCs can have the following optional
 qualifiers:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmc.octeon.3 b/lib/libpmc/pmc.octeon.3
index e8851425611c..78638ba9eb1a 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmc.octeon.3
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmc.octeon.3
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ family CPUs
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In pmc.h
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Pp
 There are two counters per core supported by the hardware and each is 64 bits
 wide.
 .Ss Event Specifiers (Programmable PMCs)
diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmc.p4.3 b/lib/libpmc/pmc.p4.3
index 39df8e0d4c89..3d89fc140a6c 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmc.p4.3
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmc.p4.3
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ These PMCs support the following capabilities:
 .It PMC_CAP_WRITE Ta Yes
 .El
 .Ss Event Qualifiers
-.Pp
 Event specifiers for Intel P4 PMCs can have the following common
 qualifiers:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
diff --git a/lib/libtacplus/libtacplus.3 b/lib/libtacplus/libtacplus.3
index d74e1e145ea0..8114eac71f62 100644
--- a/lib/libtacplus/libtacplus.3
+++ b/lib/libtacplus/libtacplus.3
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ include:
 .It
 .Dv TAC_ACCT_STATUS_FOLLOW
 .El
-.Pp
 .Sh EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM THE SERVER'S AUTHORIZATION RESPONSE
 Like an authentication response packet, an authorization
 response packet from the
diff --git a/lib/msun/man/ieee.3 b/lib/msun/man/ieee.3
index d25a98f1735d..57e1fcde2fd5 100644
--- a/lib/msun/man/ieee.3
+++ b/lib/msun/man/ieee.3
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ integer multiple of 0.5**16494 = 6.5e\-4966.
 .Ed
 .Ed
 .Ss Additional Information Regarding Exceptions
-.Pp
 For each kind of floating-point exception, IEEE 754
 provides a Flag that is raised each time its exception
 is signaled, and stays raised until the program resets