diff --git a/share/man/man9/sx.9 b/share/man/man9/sx.9
index 6a11cfd40257..8d080d74ebab 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/sx.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/sx.9
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ lock by calling
 A thread that owns an exclusive lock can downgrade it to a shared lock by
 calling
 .Fn sx_downgrade .
-.PP
+.Pp
 .Fn sx_try_slock
 and
 .Fn sx_try_xlock