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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v
retrieving revision 1.59
retrieving revision 1.60
diff -u -p -r1.59 -r1.60
--- mandoc/man.7	2010/03/27 10:10:10	1.59
+++ mandoc/man.7	2010/03/27 10:22:28	1.60
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: man.7,v 1.59 2010/03/27 10:10:10 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: man.7,v 1.60 2010/03/27 10:22:28 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
 .\"
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ control character ,
 at the beginning of the line.  The
 .Sq \(aq
 macro control character is also accepted.  An arbitrary amount of
-whitespace may sit between the control character and the macro name.
-Thus, the following are equivalent:
+whitespace (spaces or tabs) may sit between the control character and
+the macro name.  Thus, the following are equivalent:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 \&.PP
 \&.\ \ \ PP