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diff --git a/ip6tables.8.in b/ip6tables.8.in
index 3b473bf3..6308e020 100644
--- a/ip6tables.8.in
+++ b/ip6tables.8.in
@@ -28,23 +28,23 @@
ip6tables \- IPv6 packet filter administration
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBip6tables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] {\fB-A\fP|\fB-D\fP} \fIchain rule-specification\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBip6tables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-I\fP [\fIrulenum\fP] \fIrule-specification\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBip6tables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-R\fP \fIrulenum rule-specification\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBip6tables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-D\fP \fIchain rulenum\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBip6tables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-S\fP [\fIchain\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBip6tables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] {\fB-F\fP|\fB-L\fP|\fB-Z\fP} [\fIchain\fP] [\fIoptions...\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBip6tables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-N\fP \fIchain\fP
-.br
+.PP
\fBip6tables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-X\fP [\fIchain\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBip6tables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-P\fP \fIchain target\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBip6tables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-E\fP \fIold-chain-name new-chain-name\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBIp6tables\fP is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the
@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@ tables of IPv6 packet
filter rules in the Linux kernel. Several different tables
may be defined. Each table contains a number of built-in
chains and may also contain user-defined chains.
-
+.PP
Each chain is a list of rules which can match a set of packets. Each
rule specifies what to do with a packet that matches. This is called
a `target', which may be a jump to a user-defined chain in the same
table.
-
.SH TARGETS
A firewall rule specifies criteria for a packet and a target. If the
packet does not match, the next rule in the chain is the examined; if
@@ -337,7 +336,7 @@ module. You can specify multiple extended match modules in one line,
and you can use the \fB-h\fP or \fB--help\fP
options after the module has been specified to receive help specific
to that module.
-
+.PP
The following are included in the base package, and most of these can
be preceded by a "\fB!\fP" to invert the sense of the match.
.\" @MATCH@
diff --git a/iptables.8.in b/iptables.8.in
index b9d63838..7754c8c9 100644
--- a/iptables.8.in
+++ b/iptables.8.in
@@ -56,12 +56,11 @@ tables of IPv4 packet
filter rules in the Linux kernel. Several different tables
may be defined. Each table contains a number of built-in
chains and may also contain user-defined chains.
-
+.PP
Each chain is a list of rules which can match a set of packets. Each
rule specifies what to do with a packet that matches. This is called
a `target', which may be a jump to a user-defined chain in the same
table.
-
.SH TARGETS
A firewall rule specifies criteria for a packet and a target. If the
packet does not match, the next rule in the chain is the examined; if
@@ -342,7 +341,7 @@ module. You can specify multiple extended match modules in one line,
and you can use the \fB-h\fP or \fB--help\fP
options after the module has been specified to receive help specific
to that module.
-
+.PP
The following are included in the base package, and most of these can
be preceded by a "\fB!\fP" to invert the sense of the match.
.\" @MATCH@