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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -p -r1.16 -r1.17
--- mandoc/man.7	2009/06/25 10:48:21	1.16
+++ mandoc/man.7	2009/06/25 11:35:28	1.17
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: man.7,v 1.16 2009/06/25 10:48:21 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: man.7,v 1.17 2009/06/25 11:35:28 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
 .\"
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ or a single one-character sequence.
 Characters may alternatively be escaped by a slash-asterisk,
 .Sq \e* ,
 with the same combinations as described above.  This form is deprecated.  
+.\" SUB-SECTION
+.Ss Whitespace
+Unless specifically escaped, consecutive blocks of whitespace are pruned
+from input.  These are later re-added, if applicable, by a front-end
+utility such as
+.Xr mandoc 1 .
 .\" SECTION
 .Sh STRUCTURE
 Each