diff --git a/doc/man/man5/burst_buffer.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/burst_buffer.conf.5
index 34ee651513..01f47c1383 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/burst_buffer.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/burst_buffer.conf.5
@@ -31,18 +31,18 @@ The configuration parameters available include:
 \fBAllowUsers\fR
 Comma separated list of user names and/or IDs permitted to use burst buffers.
 The options \fBAllowUsers\fR and \fBDenyUsers\fR can not both be specified.
-By default all users are permitted to use burst buffers.
+By default all users are permitted to use burst buffers.  Possible future
+enhancement for generic plugin.
 
-.\ Possible future enhancement for generic plugin
-.\ .TP
-.\ \fBAltPool\fR
-.\ The AltPool value consists of a comma separated list of alternate pools of
-.\ resources, each of which includes a name separated by a colon and a numeric
-.\ value.
-.\ The numeric value can include a suffix of "k", "m", "g", "t" and "p" which
-.\ multiplies the numeric value by 1,024, 1,048,576, 1,073,741,824 etc.
-.\ The numeric value is a 64-bit value.
-.\ for example, "AltPool=test:20g,small:4g
+.TP
+\fBAltPool\fR
+The AltPool value consists of a comma separated list of alternate pools of
+resources, each of which includes a name separated by a colon and a numeric
+value.
+The numeric value can include a suffix of "k", "m", "g", "t" and "p" which
+multiplies the numeric value by 1,024, 1,048,576, 1,073,741,824 etc.
+The numeric value is a 64-bit value.
+for example, "AltPool=test:20g,small:4g
 
 .TP
 \fBCreateBuffer\fR
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ By default there is a 5 second timeout for the validation operations.
 AllowUsers=alan,brenda
 .br
 PrivateData=true
-.\ .br
-.\ Gres=nodes:10,other:20
+.br
+Gres=nodes:10,other:20
 .br
 #
 .br
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index 6a9c753f51..56da9b7573 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -3434,7 +3434,7 @@
 \fB\-D\fR command line option) the \fBSlurmdSyslogDebug\fR configuration
 parameter will be ignored.
 The default value is \fBquiet\fR unless there is no configured
-\fBSlurmdLogFile\fR, in which case the default value will be \fBfatal\fR so
+\fBSlurmdLogFile\fR, in which case the default value will be \fBfatal\fRso
 that fatal errors are logged somewhere.
 
 .RS
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
index d8e2ebe286..1dc4f789a7 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ If the slurmdbd daemon is run in the foreground (started with the \fB\-D\fR
 command line option) the \fBDebugLevelSyslog\fR configuration parameter
 will be ignored.
 The default value is \fBquiet\fR unless there is no configured
-\fBSlurmdLogFile\fR, in which case the default value will be \fBfatal\bR so
+\fBSlurmdLogFile\fR, in which case the default value will be \fBfatal\bRso
 that fatal errors are logged somewhere.
 
 .RS