diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zpool/zpool.8 b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zpool/zpool.8
index 1061e452f034..26c37c8517bc 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zpool/zpool.8
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zpool/zpool.8
@@ -1041,7 +1041,6 @@ the following fields:
 See the
 .Qq Sx Properties
 section for more information on the available pool properties.
-.Pp
 .It Fl H
 Scripted mode. Do not display headers, and separate fields by a single tab
 instead of arbitrary space.
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/intro.2 b/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
index bc10b1de59de..7ce57aaf2d7c 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ executable file.
 A file descriptor argument was out of range, referred to no open file,
 or a read (write) request was made to a file that was only open for
 writing (reading).
-.Pp
 .It Er 10 ECHILD Em "\&No child processes" .
 A
 .Xr wait 2
@@ -302,7 +301,6 @@ addresses with
 Internet protocols.
 .It Er 48 EADDRINUSE Em "Address already in use" .
 Only one usage of each address is normally permitted.
-.Pp
 .It Er 49 EADDRNOTAVAIL Em "Can't assign requested address" .
 Normally results from an attempt to create a socket with an
 address not on this machine.
diff --git a/lib/libcuse/cuse.3 b/lib/libcuse/cuse.3
index 356c51869450..6d8d2a3cd860 100644
--- a/lib/libcuse/cuse.3
+++ b/lib/libcuse/cuse.3
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ is returned.
 .Ft "void"
 .Fn "cuse_poll_wakeup" "void"
 This function will wake up any file pollers.
-.Pp
 .Sh LIBRARY LIMITATIONS
 Transfer lengths for
 .Fn read ,
@@ -374,7 +373,6 @@ values in case of failure and success.
 The events argument is also a mask of
 .Dv CUSE_POLL_XXX
 values.
-.Pp
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 struct cuse_methods {
   cuse_open_t *cm_open;
diff --git a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_passwdqc/pam_passwdqc.8 b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_passwdqc/pam_passwdqc.8
index 656d0e6d3341..abdd3907e972 100644
--- a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_passwdqc/pam_passwdqc.8
+++ b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_passwdqc/pam_passwdqc.8
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ password are not counted.
 In addition to being sufficiently long, passwords are required to
 contain enough different characters for the character classes and
 the minimum length they have been checked against.
-.Pp
 .It Cm max Ns = Ns Ar N
 .Pq Cm max Ns = Ns 40
 The maximum allowed password length.
diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmc.k8.3 b/lib/libpmc/pmc.k8.3
index 19d08aadbd98..45c70baa438c 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmc.k8.3
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmc.k8.3
@@ -672,7 +672,6 @@ Count memory controller high priority bypasses.
 .It Li memory-controller-lo-pri-bypass
 Count memory controller low priority bypasses.
 .El
-.Pp
 .It Li k8-nb-memory-controller-dram-slots-missed
 .Pq Event E2H
 Count memory controller DRAM command slots missed (in MemClks).
diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmc.p4.3 b/lib/libpmc/pmc.p4.3
index c6d796e9dda0..e113b72001e1 100644
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmc.p4.3
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmc.p4.3
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ can take the following value (which is also the default):
 .It Li running
 Count cycles when the processor is active.
 .El
-.Pp
 .It Li p4-instr-retired Op Li ,mask= Ns Ar flags
 .Pq "TS event"
 Count instructions retired during a clock cycle.
diff --git a/lib/libutil/fparseln.3 b/lib/libutil/fparseln.3
index cd78437e3eb4..245fba77ccff 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/fparseln.3
+++ b/lib/libutil/fparseln.3
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ Remove escape preceding any other character.
 .It Dv FPARSELN_UNESCALL
 All of the above.
 .El
-.Pp
 .El
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 Upon successful completion a pointer to the parsed line is returned;
diff --git a/lib/libutil/login_class.3 b/lib/libutil/login_class.3
index 75f361481c81..c87faaeb8814 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/login_class.3
+++ b/lib/libutil/login_class.3
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ capability "setenv=var1 val1,var2 val2..,varN valN".
 .It LOGIN_SETMAC
 Set the MAC label for the current process to the label specified
 in system login class database.
-.Pp
 .It LOGIN_SETCPUMASK
 Create a new
 .Xr cpuset 2
diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.1 b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.1
index 28e70626b546..a8e9d680d25c 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.1
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.1
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ If set,
 .Nm
 will log events such as the loading and unloading of shared objects via
 .Xr utrace 2 .
-.Pp
 .It Ev LD_LOADFLTR
 If set,
 .Nm
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index 290f31606ca8..27bba90a84bb 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -2333,7 +2333,6 @@ src/dst address for IPv4 or IPv6.
 .It Cm l4
 src/dst port for TCP/UDP/SCTP.
 .El
-.Pp
 .El
 .Pp
 The following parameters are specific to IP tunnel interfaces,
diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
index 2a7f5e3540eb..5b56b39c84e6 100644
--- a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
+++ b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8
@@ -1583,7 +1583,6 @@ followed by the number of significant bits.
 For example, an address with 33 significant bits could be specified as:
 .Pp
 .Dl "MAC 10:20:30:40:50:60/33 any"
-.Pp
 .It
 An ampersand
 .Pq &
diff --git a/sbin/mount_fusefs/mount_fusefs.8 b/sbin/mount_fusefs/mount_fusefs.8
index 7c8bb67a7771..3e11cf19bd8f 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_fusefs/mount_fusefs.8
+++ b/sbin/mount_fusefs/mount_fusefs.8
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ Do not refuse unmounting if there are secondary mounts
 .It Cm push_symlinks_in
 Prefix absolute symlinks with the mountpoint
 .El
-.Pp
 .El
 .Pp
 Besides the above mount options, there is a set of pseudo-mount options which
diff --git a/sbin/natd/natd.8 b/sbin/natd/natd.8
index eadb367b9ebb..7ccfbf7578bb 100644
--- a/sbin/natd/natd.8
+++ b/sbin/natd/natd.8
@@ -585,7 +585,6 @@ in the
 file or using the command
 .Pp
 .Dl "sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1"
-.Pp
 .It
 If you use the
 .Fl interface
diff --git a/sbin/pfctl/pfctl.8 b/sbin/pfctl/pfctl.8
index 5c0e7b37f4de..5908cf1a8e56 100644
--- a/sbin/pfctl/pfctl.8
+++ b/sbin/pfctl/pfctl.8
@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ To kill a state with ID 4823e84500000018 created from a backup
 firewall with hostid 00000002 use:
 .Pp
 .Dl # pfctl -k id -k 4823e84500000018/2
-.Pp
 .It Fl m
 Merge in explicitly given options without resetting those
 which are omitted.
diff --git a/share/man/man4/est.4 b/share/man/man4/est.4
index 9f60206edac5..4d230e0d6fb9 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/est.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/est.4
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ The valid frequencies that are allowed by this CPU and their step values.
 .It dev.est.0.freq_settings: 2201/45000 2200/45000 2000/39581 1900/37387
 1800/34806 1700/32703 1600/30227 1500/28212 1400/25828 1300/23900 1200/21613
 1100/19775 1000/17582 900/15437 800/13723
-.Pp
 .El
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 .Bl -diag
diff --git a/share/man/man4/mxge.4 b/share/man/man4/mxge.4
index 5a353fbf423a..cb5738c88405 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/mxge.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/mxge.4
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ both be capable of MSI-X.
 Older Myri10GE NICs can be field upgraded to add
 MSI-X using the "10G NIC Tool Kit" for FreeBSD which is available from
 .Pa http://www.myri.com/scs/download-10g-tools.html .
-.Pp
 .It Va hw.mxge.rss_hashtype
 This value determines how incoming traffic is steered to different
 slices.
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ng_async.4 b/share/man/man4/ng_async.4
index ffd9a385d461..324fa4129c00 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ng_async.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ng_async.4
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ This command returns a
 containing node statistics for packet, octet, and error counts.
 .It Dv NGM_ASYNC_CMD_CLR_STATS Pq Ic clrstats
 Clears the node statistics.
-.Pp
 .El
 .Sh SHUTDOWN
 This node shuts down upon receipt of a
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ng_ccatm.4 b/share/man/man4/ng_ccatm.4
index f643d726d55e..c3a0df477bb9 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ng_ccatm.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ng_ccatm.4
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ struct ngm_ccatm_port {
 	uint32_t	port;
 };
 .Ed
-.Pp
 .It Dv NGM_CCATM_START Pq Ic start
 Start processing on the port.
 The argument is a
diff --git a/share/man/man4/sysmouse.4 b/share/man/man4/sysmouse.4
index a02ffaa7d133..f93fa8e0eb2a 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/sysmouse.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/sysmouse.4
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ The
 field
 holds the click count: the number of times the user has clicked the button
 successively.
-.Pp
 .El
 .El
 .Sh FILES
diff --git a/share/man/man4/tty.4 b/share/man/man4/tty.4
index 70e5da2fc85b..ec6d9f155aca 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/tty.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/tty.4
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ Before
 .Fx 8.0 ,
 it would change to the new line discipline pointed to by
 .Fa ldisc .
-.Pp
 .It Dv TIOCGETD Fa int *ldisc
 Return the current line discipline in the integer pointed to by
 .Fa ldisc .
diff --git a/share/man/man4/vale.4 b/share/man/man4/vale.4
index a52b137b2766..4eeab1ae1cc2 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vale.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vale.4
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ The maximum number of packets processed internally
 in each iteration.
 Defaults to 1024, use lower values to trade latency
 with throughput.
-.Pp
 .It dev.netmap.verbose
 Set to non-zero values to enable in-kernel diagnostics.
 .El
diff --git a/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 b/share/man/man9/ifnet.9
index f1d3e471bc6a..29df470334fb 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/ifnet.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/ifnet.9
@@ -1370,7 +1370,6 @@ function is called to perform the operation; qq.v.
 .It Dv SIOCDIFADDR
 The socket's protocol control routine is called to implement the
 requested action.
-.Pp
 .El
 .El
 .Pp