diff --git a/share/man/man9/sysctl.9 b/share/man/man9/sysctl.9
index bae693489c73..f2b1159e71a8 100644
--- a/share/man/man9/sysctl.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/sysctl.9
@@ -1024,6 +1024,7 @@ underscore characters, as in
 Underscore characters may be omitted only if the name consists of not more
 than two words, each being not longer than four characters, as in
 .Va bootfile .
+.Pp
 For boolean sysctls, negative logic should be totally avoided.
 That is, do not use names like
 .Va no_foobar