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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3socket/getaddrinfo.3socket b/usr/src/man/man3socket/getaddrinfo.3socket
index 135c8b5f80..1ab1f78d61 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man3socket/getaddrinfo.3socket
+++ b/usr/src/man/man3socket/getaddrinfo.3socket
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ name and address
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.sp
.LP
These functions perform translations from node name to address and from address
to node name in a protocol-independent manner.
@@ -295,7 +294,6 @@ TCP.
These \fBNI_\fR* flags are defined in <\fBnetdb.h\fR> along with the \fBAI_\fR*
flags already defined for \fBgetaddrinfo()\fR.
.SH RETURN VALUES
-.sp
.LP
For \fBgetaddrinfo()\fR, if the query is successful, a pointer to a linked list
of one or more \fBaddrinfo\fR structures is returned by the fourth argument and
@@ -310,7 +308,6 @@ pointer to a string containing an error message appropriate for the \fBEAI_\fR*
errors is returned. If \fIerrcode\fR is not one of the \fBEAI_\fR* values, a
pointer to a string indicating an unknown error is returned.
.SS "Address Ordering"
-.sp
.LP
AF_INET6 addresses returned by the fourth argument of \fBgetaddrinfo()\fR are
ordered according to the algorithm described in \fIRFC 3484, Default Address
@@ -371,7 +368,6 @@ T}
.TE
.SH ERRORS
-.sp
.LP
The following names are the error values returned by \fBgetaddrinfo()\fR and
are defined in <\fBnetdb.h\fR>:
@@ -484,7 +480,6 @@ System error was returned in \fIerrno\fR.
.RE
.SH FILES
-.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/etc/inet/hosts\fR\fR
@@ -512,7 +507,6 @@ configuration file for the name service switch
.RE
.SH ATTRIBUTES
-.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for description of the following attributes:
.sp
@@ -532,17 +526,15 @@ Standard See \fBstandards\fR(5).
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO
-.sp
.LP
\fBipaddrsel\fR(1M), \fBgethostbyname\fR(3NSL), \fBgetipnodebyname\fR(3SOCKET),
-\fBhtonl\fR(3SOCKET), \fBinet\fR(3SOCKET), \fBnetdb.h\fR(3HEAD),
-\fBsocket\fR(3SOCKET), \fBhosts\fR(4), \fBnsswitch.conf\fR(4),
-\fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5), \fBinet6\fR(7P)
+\fBhtonl\fR(3SOCKET), \fBinet\fR(3SOCKET), \fBsockaddr\fR(3SOCKET),
+\fBnetdb.h\fR(3HEAD), \fBsocket\fR(3SOCKET), \fBhosts\fR(4),
+\fBnsswitch.conf\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5), \fBinet6\fR(7P)
.sp
.LP
Draves, R. \fIRFC 3484, Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol version
6 (IPv6)\fR. Network Working Group. February 2003.
.SH NOTES
-.sp
.LP
IPv4-mapped addresses are not recommended.