diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index 2805654898590fbe3744897d9a51e5ab9ae60f2a..e9e26584892beef5565243efe243a0f99b12ef41 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ The default value is "NO".
 State of partition or availability for use.  Possible values 
 are "UP" or "DOWN". The default value is "UP".
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
-.eo
+.LP 
 #
 .br
 # Sample /etc/slurm.conf for dev[0-25].llnl.gov
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ PartitionName=DEFAULT MaxTime=30 MaxNodes=10
 PartitionName=debug Nodes=dev[0-8,18-25] State=UP Default=YES
 .br
 PartitionName=batch Nodes=dev[9-17] State=UP
-.ec
+
 .SH "COPYING"
 Copyright (C) 2002 The Regents of the University of California.
 Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).