===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docbook2mdoc/macro.c,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -p -r1.10 -r1.11
--- docbook2mdoc/macro.c	2019/04/12 08:48:16	1.10
+++ docbook2mdoc/macro.c	2019/04/12 09:01:48	1.11
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: macro.c,v 1.10 2019/04/12 08:48:16 schwarze Exp $ */
+/* $Id: macro.c,v 1.11 2019/04/12 09:01:48 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2019 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
  *
@@ -216,8 +216,6 @@ print_text(struct format *f, const char *word, int fla
 {
 	switch (f->linestate) {
 	case LINE_NEW:
-		if (*word == '.' || *word == '\'')
-			fputs("\\&", stdout);
 		break;
 	case LINE_TEXT:
 		if (flags & ARG_SPACE)
@@ -227,6 +225,8 @@ print_text(struct format *f, const char *word, int fla
 		macro_close(f);
 		break;
 	}
+	if (f->linestate == LINE_NEW && (*word == '.' || *word == '\''))
+		fputs("\\&", stdout);
 	while (*word != '\0') {
 		putchar(*word);
 		if (*word++ == '\\')