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diff --git a/lib/libc/net/inet.3 b/lib/libc/net/inet.3
index 39b60be..21d0d71 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/inet.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/inet.3
@@ -144,11 +144,13 @@ takes an Internet address and returns an
.Tn ASCII
string representing the address in
.Ql .\&
-notation. The routine
+notation.
+The routine
.Fn inet_makeaddr
takes an Internet network number and a local
network address and constructs an Internet address
-from it. The routines
+from it.
+The routines
.Fn inet_netof
and
.Fn inet_lnaof
@@ -174,7 +176,8 @@ a
.Pp
When four parts are specified, each is interpreted
as a byte of data and assigned, from left to right,
-to the four bytes of an Internet address. Note
+to the four bytes of an Internet address.
+Note
that when an Internet address is viewed as a 32-bit
integer quantity on the
.Tn VAX
@@ -220,7 +223,8 @@ and
.Fn inet_ntoa
functions are semi-deprecated in favor of the
.Xr addr2ascii 3
-family. However, since those functions are not yet widely implemented,
+family.
+However, since those functions are not yet widely implemented,
portable programs cannot rely on their presence and will continue
to use the
.Xr inet 3
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