proc.5: ffix

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index b8dbc6ed..fc91b503 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -3253,12 +3253,17 @@ cache management.
 Writing to this file causes the kernel to drop clean caches, dentries and
 inodes from memory, causing that memory to become free.
 
-To free pagecache, use
-.IR "echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches" ;
-to free dentries and inodes, use
-.IR "echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches" ;
-to free pagecache, dentries and inodes, use
-.IR "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches" .
+To free pagecache, use:
+
+    echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+
+To free dentries and inodes, use:
+
+    echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+
+To free pagecache, dentries and inodes, use:
+
+    echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
 
 Because this is a nondestructive operation and dirty objects
 are not freeable, the