diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man5/monitoring.5.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man5/monitoring.5.rst
index 6ea1f73d3..52d3079aa 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man5/monitoring.5.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man5/monitoring.5.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
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-\ **monitoring Attributes:**\   \ *name*\ , \ *nodestatmon*\ , \ *comments*\ , \ *disable*\ 
+\ **monitoring Attributes:**\   \ *name*\ , \ *nodestatmon*\ , \ *comments*\ , \ *disable*\
 
 
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@@ -36,28 +36,28 @@ monitoring Attributes:
 
 
 
-\ **name**\ 
- 
+\ **name**\
+
  The name of the monitoring plug-in module.  The plug-in must be put in /lib/perl/xCAT_monitoring/.  See the man page for monstart for details.
- 
 
 
-\ **nodestatmon**\ 
- 
+
+\ **nodestatmon**\
+
  Specifies if the monitoring plug-in is used to feed the node status to the xCAT cluster.  Any one of the following values indicates "yes":  y, Y, yes, Yes, YES, 1.  Any other value or blank (default), indicates "no".
- 
 
 
-\ **comments**\ 
- 
+
+\ **comments**\
+
  Any user-written notes.
- 
 
 
-\ **disable**\ 
- 
+
+\ **disable**\
+
  Set to 'yes' or '1' to comment out this row.
- 
+
 
 
 
@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@ SEE ALSO
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-\ **nodels(1)**\ , \ **chtab(8)**\ , \ **tabdump(8)**\ , \ **tabedit(8)**\ 
+\ **nodels(1)**\ , \ **chtab(8)**\ , \ **tabdump(8)**\ , \ **tabedit(8)**\