Was there some adjustment made or is it weirdly worded? On character creation it says something like "after character creation, spirit cannot be increased by points" and that it takes 2 to raise it, but even without distributing any of the 5 points, it doesn't raise above three, where it started?
(just checked, in the previous version I have access to (17.3) it takes 5 points and starts at 2)
If it's worded wrong and we are "only" able to raise it with points after creation, it doesn't seem like it in play, since the plus and minus sign don't show up even when points are available. Lowering it to 2 like a madlad provides 2 extra points for redistribution in creation, but something seems "off" and I'm not sure which it is.