diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_cleanup.3
index 4026cf2409bfd66fd9c23760debe2c12e50044be..6c76e92b5be0796080407945afbfd095a02f59a0 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 b570dc4327a8c66b5dc7e18164d73ca216402126..b8463345bfb5e8e9a0cfd89eff14a5516965c4e8 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 83f361f4b02a0a091d39bae8cc42ea30b38b7fba..1c2ec2be4c8ed9249174dd0d0744713bd35a1e72 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 395363e644f480fc0785ef4e2014fb9973caf9f7..7e40cc55091c6242fbe59330b9c1be47321778c9 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