===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc_man.c,v
retrieving revision 1.38
retrieving revision 1.40
diff -u -p -r1.38 -r1.40
--- mandoc/mdoc_man.c	2012/07/13 23:57:58	1.38
+++ mandoc/mdoc_man.c	2012/07/16 09:51:54	1.40
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mdoc_man.c,v 1.38 2012/07/13 23:57:58 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mdoc_man.c,v 1.40 2012/07/16 09:51:54 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
  *
@@ -1116,7 +1116,8 @@ pre_it(DECL_ARGS)
 		outflags |= MMAN_PP | MMAN_nl;
 		bln = n->parent->parent;
 		if (0 == bln->norm->Bl.comp ||
-		    NULL == bln->parent->prev)
+		    (NULL == n->parent->prev &&
+		     NULL == bln->parent->prev))
 			outflags |= MMAN_sp;
 		outflags &= ~MMAN_br;
 		switch (bln->norm->Bl.type) {
@@ -1341,7 +1342,10 @@ static int
 pre_sp(DECL_ARGS)
 {
 
-	print_line(".sp", MMAN_nl);
+	if (MMAN_PP & outflags && MDOC_It != n->parent->tok)
+		print_line(".PP", 0);
+	else
+		print_line(".sp", 0);
 	return(1);
 }