diff --git a/doc/man/man3/hostlist_create.3 b/doc/man/man3/hostlist_create.3
index 4f9db0813608c84f2a67b779bc807ea42215cf4a..da62704a7a85e6ebae30e4ab39ed4f0fb8ab8804 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/hostlist_create.3
+++ b/doc/man/man3/hostlist_create.3
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ allocated for the database.
 the database.
 
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
-.eo
 .LP 
 #include <stdio.h>
 .br
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	exit (0);
 .br 
 }
-.ec
 
 .SH "COPYING"
 Copyright (C) 2002 The Regents of the University of California.
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/slurm_allocate_resources.3 b/doc/man/man3/slurm_allocate_resources.3
index 3bb2c441f635cdaa4914b6c93b269b8a9ecb697b..3698153bc082d10257377684baf25c1920c65ce5 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/slurm_allocate_resources.3
+++ b/doc/man/man3/slurm_allocate_resources.3
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and Slurm error code is
 .LP
 \fBESLURM_BAD_DIST\fR task distribution specification is invalid. 
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
-.eo
 .LP 
 #include <stdio.h>
 .br
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	exit (0);
 .br 
 }
-.ec
+
 .SH "COPYING"
 Copyright (C) 2002 The Regents of the University of California.
 Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_ctl_conf.3 b/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_ctl_conf.3
index 1176a651835847b482e3c19cbd5c90ba35fe8759..253c6fc09532ae77446b6694384e58018d1e885c 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_ctl_conf.3
+++ b/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_ctl_conf.3
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ is set appropriately.
 .LP
 \fBSLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_ERROR\fR Protocol version has changed, re-link your code.
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
-.eo
 .LP 
 #include <stdio.h>
 .br
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	exit (0);
 .br 
 }
-.ec
+
 .SH "COPYING"
 Copyright (C) 2002 The Regents of the University of California.
 Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_job_info_msg.3 b/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_job_info_msg.3
index f5d325ce2faeb3f27da54d97b8751fea15b05c50..5b11099fd0a762a42e623396795eb8e10ffdbbc6 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_job_info_msg.3
+++ b/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_job_info_msg.3
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and Slurm error code is
 .LP
 \fBSLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_ERROR\fR Protocol version has changed, re-link your code.
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
-.eo
 .LP 
 #include <stdio.h>
 .br
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	exit (0);
 .br 
 }
-.ec
+
 .SH "COPYING"
 Copyright (C) 2002 The Regents of the University of California.
 Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_job_step_info_response_msg.3 b/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_job_step_info_response_msg.3
index fd4494e5a8b2c5e81b472c804c3b257a58846aa4..bce4dc6dd80987f1757e52ba0c50849bfbf437ef 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_job_step_info_response_msg.3
+++ b/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_job_step_info_response_msg.3
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ code is set appropriately.
 .LP
 \fBSLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_ERROR\fR Protocol version has changed, re-link your code.
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
-.eo
 .LP 
 #include <stdio.h>
 .br
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	exit (0);
 .br 
 }
-.ec
+
 .SH "COPYING"
 Copyright (C) 2002 The Regents of the University of California.
 Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_node_info.3 b/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_node_info.3
index a46a15116f6df602c30daca8cafa05a9b85f9822..94adb48a5b574ae9c33f428aa1bd5343bc66a6f9 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_node_info.3
+++ b/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_node_info.3
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ is set appropriately.
 .LP
 \fBSLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_ERROR\fR Protocol version has changed, re-link your code.
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
-.eo
 .LP 
 #include <stdio.h>
 .br
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	exit (0);
 .br 
 }
-.ec
+
 .SH "COPYING"
 Copyright (C) 2002 The Regents of the University of California.
 Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_partition_info.3 b/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_partition_info.3
index 4639b680de857afeb50403098d4f68114b4e72ed..c37d4f288877ce2facff3718caf007d1998dd773 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_partition_info.3
+++ b/doc/man/man3/slurm_free_partition_info.3
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and Slurm error code is
 .LP
 \fBSLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION_ERROR\fR Protocol version has changed, re-link your code.
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
-.eo
 .LP 
 #include <stdio.h>
 .br
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	exit (0);
 .br 
 }
-.ec
+
 .SH "COPYING"
 Copyright (C) 2002 The Regents of the University of California.
 Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/slurm_get_errno.3 b/doc/man/man3/slurm_get_errno.3
index 3601012b09d6b647372373c818916150ac3501a1..4b608f125c9f215ace8e9a1449ad7aa2380903aa 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/slurm_get_errno.3
+++ b/doc/man/man3/slurm_get_errno.3
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ A pointer to a string used as a message header for printing along with an error
 .LP
 \fBslurm_get_errno\fR returns an error code or zero if no error was generated by the last Slurm function call executed. \fBslurm_strerror\fR returns a pointer to a text string, which is empty if no error was generated by the last Slurm function call executed.
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
-.eo
 .LP 
 #include <stdio.h>
 .br
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	exit (1);
 .br
 }
-.ec
+
 .SH "COPYING"
 Copyright (C) 2002 The Regents of the University of California.
 Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/slurm_reconfigure.3 b/doc/man/man3/slurm_reconfigure.3
index bab7d6bb3ec980f83425623071f10be15ae6f03d..6e695b692089441bd4c5a0d54ce9515e4a765f4c 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/slurm_reconfigure.3
+++ b/doc/man/man3/slurm_reconfigure.3
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and the Slurm error code
 .LP
 \fBESLURM_ACCESS_DENIED\fR the requesting user lacks authorization for the requested action (e.g. trying to delete or modify another user's job). 
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
-.eo
 .LP 
 #include <stdio.h>
 .br
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	exit (0);
 .br 
 }
-.ec
+
 .SH "COPYING"
 Copyright (C) 2002 The Regents of the University of California.
 Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).