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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man_term.c,v
retrieving revision 1.216
retrieving revision 1.217
diff -u -p -r1.216 -r1.217
--- mandoc/man_term.c	2018/08/18 13:05:10	1.216
+++ mandoc/man_term.c	2018/08/18 14:02:56	1.217
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: man_term.c,v 1.216 2018/08/18 13:05:10 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: man_term.c,v 1.217 2018/08/18 14:02:56 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2010-2015, 2017, 2018 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -861,7 +861,8 @@ pre_SY(DECL_ARGS)
 
 	switch (n->type) {
 	case ROFFT_BLOCK:
-		print_bvspace(p, n, mt->pardist);
+		if (n->prev == NULL || n->prev->tok != MAN_SY)
+			print_bvspace(p, n, mt->pardist);
 		return 1;
 	case ROFFT_HEAD:
 	case ROFFT_BODY: