diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3
index 4026cf240..6c76e92b5 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 curl_easy_cleanup - End a libcurl easy session
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B #include <curl/curl.h>
-.sp
+
 .BI "void curl_easy_cleanup(CURL *" handle ");"
-.ad
+
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This function must be the last function to call for an easy session. It is the
 opposite of the \fIcurl_easy_init\fP function and must be called with the same
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_duphandle.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_duphandle.3
index b570dc432..b8463345b 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_duphandle.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_duphandle.3
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 curl_easy_duphandle - Clone a libcurl session handle
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B #include <curl/curl.h>
-.sp
+
 .BI "CURL *curl_easy_duphandle(CURL *"handle ");"
-.ad
+
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This function will return a new curl handle, a duplicate, using all the
 options previously set in the input curl \fIhandle\fP. Both handles can
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_init.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_init.3
index 83f361f4b..1c2ec2be4 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_init.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_init.3
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B #include <curl/curl.h>
-.sp
+
 .BI "CURL *curl_easy_init( );"
-.ad
+
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This function must be the first function to call, and it returns a CURL easy
 handle that you must use as input to other easy-functions. curl_easy_init
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_escape.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_escape.3
index 395363e64..7e40cc550 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_escape.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_escape.3
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ You must curl_free() the returned string when you're done with it.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 A pointer to a zero terminated string or NULL if it failed.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-.I curl_unescape(), curl_free(), RFC 2396
+.BR curl_unescape(), curl_free(), RFC 2396