diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/recovery-config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/recovery-config.sgml
index 144b880f42..de6090520d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/recovery-config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/recovery-config.sgml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ restore_command = 'copy "C:\\server\\archivedir\\%f" "%p"'  # Windows
         The <xref linkend="pgarchivecleanup"> module
         is often used in <varname>archive_cleanup_command</> for
         single-standby configurations, for example:
-<programlisting> archive_cleanup_command = 'pg_archivecleanup /mnt/server/archivedir %r' </programlisting>
+<programlisting>archive_cleanup_command = 'pg_archivecleanup /mnt/server/archivedir %r'</programlisting>
         Note however that if multiple standby servers are restoring from the
         same archive directory, you will need to ensure that you do not delete
         WAL files until they are no longer needed by any of the servers.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
index 382effdaa3..26f290464c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
@@ -388,26 +388,26 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
    To create a base backup of the server at <literal>mydbserver</literal>
    and store it in the local directory
    <filename>/usr/local/pgsql/data</filename>:
-   <screen>
-    <prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_basebackup -h mydbserver -D /usr/local/pgsql/data</userinput>
-   </screen>
+<screen>
+<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_basebackup -h mydbserver -D /usr/local/pgsql/data</userinput>
+</screen>
   </para>
 
   <para>
    To create a backup of the local server with one maximum compressed
    tar file for each tablespace, and store it in the directory
    <filename>backup</filename>, showing a progress report while running:
-   <screen>
-    <prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_basebackup -D backup -Ft -Z9 -P</userinput>
-   </screen>
+<screen>
+<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_basebackup -D backup -Ft -Z9 -P</userinput>
+</screen>
   </para>
 
   <para>
    To create a backup of a single-tablespace local database and compress
    this with <productname>bzip2</productname>:
-   <screen>
-    <prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_basebackup -D - -Ft | bzip2 &gt; backup.tar.bz2</userinput>
-   </screen>
+<screen>
+<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_basebackup -D - -Ft | bzip2 &gt; backup.tar.bz2</userinput>
+</screen>
    (this command will fail if there are multiple tablespaces in the
    database)
   </para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/tablefunc.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/tablefunc.sgml
index dfb932f501..60f0b57cd9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/tablefunc.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/tablefunc.sgml
@@ -431,17 +431,17 @@ crosstab(text source_sql, text category_sql)
     For example, <parameter>source_sql</parameter> might produce a set
     something like:
 <programlisting>
- SELECT row_name, extra_col, cat, value FROM foo ORDER BY 1;
+SELECT row_name, extra_col, cat, value FROM foo ORDER BY 1;
 
-     row_name    extra_col   cat    value
-    ----------+------------+-----+---------
-      row1         extra1    cat1    val1
-      row1         extra1    cat2    val2
-      row1         extra1    cat4    val4
-      row2         extra2    cat1    val5
-      row2         extra2    cat2    val6
-      row2         extra2    cat3    val7
-      row2         extra2    cat4    val8
+ row_name    extra_col   cat    value
+----------+------------+-----+---------
+  row1         extra1    cat1    val1
+  row1         extra1    cat2    val2
+  row1         extra1    cat4    val4
+  row2         extra2    cat1    val5
+  row2         extra2    cat2    val6
+  row2         extra2    cat3    val7
+  row2         extra2    cat4    val8
 </programlisting>
    </para>