diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@
    .. index:: module: thread
 
    .. note::
+
       When only the main thread exists, no GIL operations are needed. This is a
       common situation (most Python programs do not use threads), and the lock
       operations slow the interpreter down a bit. Therefore, the lock is not
diff --git a/Doc/library/getopt.rst b/Doc/library/getopt.rst
--- a/Doc/library/getopt.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/getopt.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 --------------
 
 .. note::
+
    The :mod:`getopt` module is a parser for command line options whose API is
    designed to be familiar to users of the C :c:func:`getopt` function. Users who
    are unfamiliar with the C :c:func:`getopt` function or who would like to write
diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst
--- a/Doc/library/io.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/io.rst
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@
    :exc:`UnsupportedOperation`.
 
    .. warning::
+
       :class:`BufferedRWPair` does not attempt to synchronize accesses to
       its underlying raw streams.  You should not pass it the same object
       as reader and writer; use :class:`BufferedRandom` instead.
diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.config.rst b/Doc/library/logging.config.rst
--- a/Doc/library/logging.config.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.config.rst
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@
    send it to the socket as a string of bytes preceded by a four-byte length
    string packed in binary using ``struct.pack('>L', n)``.
 
-   .. note:: Because portions of the configuration are passed through
+   .. note::
+
+      Because portions of the configuration are passed through
       :func:`eval`, use of this function may open its users to a security risk.
       While the function only binds to a socket on ``localhost``, and so does
       not accept connections from remote machines, there are scenarios where
@@ -714,7 +716,9 @@
 :class:`Formatter` subclass.  Subclasses of :class:`Formatter` can present
 exception tracebacks in an expanded or condensed format.
 
-.. note:: Due to the use of :func:`eval` as described above, there are
+.. note::
+
+   Due to the use of :func:`eval` as described above, there are
    potential security risks which result from using the :func:`listen` to send
    and receive configurations via sockets. The risks are limited to where
    multiple users with no mutual trust run code on the same machine; see the
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@
 
    Availability: Unix.
 
-   .. note:: On Mac OS X, :func:`getgroups` behavior differs somewhat from
+   .. note::
+
+      On Mac OS X, :func:`getgroups` behavior differs somewhat from
       other Unix platforms. If the Python interpreter was built with a
       deployment target of :const:`10.5` or earlier, :func:`getgroups` returns
       the list of effective group ids associated with the current user process;
diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@
    automatically closed when they are garbage-collected.
 
    .. note::
+
       :meth:`close()` releases the resource associated with a connection but
       does not necessarily close the connection immediately.  If you want
       to close the connection in a timely fashion, call :meth:`shutdown()`