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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc.7,v
retrieving revision 1.160
retrieving revision 1.162
diff -u -p -r1.160 -r1.162
--- mandoc/mdoc.7	2010/09/27 06:56:44	1.160
+++ mandoc/mdoc.7	2010/10/24 14:49:35	1.162
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.160 2010/09/27 06:56:44 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.162 2010/10/24 14:49:35 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 27 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 24 2010 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -1076,7 +1076,8 @@ implementations render it poorly.
 Left- and right-justify the block.
 .It Fl literal
 Do not justify the block at all.
-Preserve white space as it appears in the input.
+Preserve white space and newlines as they appear in the input, including
+if it follows a macro.
 .It Fl ragged
 Only left-justify the block.
 .It Fl unfilled
@@ -1870,6 +1871,9 @@ Examples:
 \&.Fn funcname
 .Ed
 .Pp
+When referring to a function documented in another manual page,
+.Sx \&Xr
+is usually preferable.
 See also
 .Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE
 and