diff --git a/disk-utils/fsck.minix.8 b/disk-utils/fsck.minix.8
index 0c26ed3ee..ca050897c 100644
--- a/disk-utils/fsck.minix.8
+++ b/disk-utils/fsck.minix.8
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ Operational error
 Usage or syntax error
 .PD
 .RE
-.PP
 .SH AUTHORS
 .MT torvalds@\:cs.\:helsinki.\:fi
 Linus Torvalds
diff --git a/disk-utils/isosize.8 b/disk-utils/isosize.8
index 6e072f943..8d5899396 100644
--- a/disk-utils/isosize.8
+++ b/disk-utils/isosize.8
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ isosize \- output the length of an iso9660 filesystem
 .B isosize
 .RI [options] " iso9660_image_file"
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
 This command outputs the length of an iso9660 filesystem that
 is contained in the specified file.  This file may be a normal file or
 a block device (e.g.\& /dev/hdd or /dev/sr0).  In the absence of
diff --git a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
index e3b479cbf..6c278afb6 100644
--- a/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
+++ b/disk-utils/sfdisk.8
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ and the last command reorders partitions to match disk order
 .sp
 .B "echo '+100M,' | sfdisk \-\-move-data /dev/sdc \-N 1"
 .br
-.B "echo '2048,' | sfdisk /dev/sdc \-\-append
+.B "echo '2048,' | sfdisk /dev/sdc \-\-append"
 .br
 .B sfdisk /dev/sdc \-\-reorder
 .sp
diff --git a/disk-utils/swaplabel.8 b/disk-utils/swaplabel.8
index f22b8f443..b623a5020 100644
--- a/disk-utils/swaplabel.8
+++ b/disk-utils/swaplabel.8
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ Specify a new \fIUUID\fR for the device.
 The \fI UUID\fR
 must be in the standard 8-4-4-4-12 character format, such as is output by
 .BR uuidgen (1).
-.PP
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 .IP LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all
 enables libblkid debug output.