===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/pod2mdoc/pod2mdoc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.51
retrieving revision 1.52
diff -u -p -r1.51 -r1.52
--- pod2mdoc/pod2mdoc.c	2015/02/19 11:09:44	1.51
+++ pod2mdoc/pod2mdoc.c	2015/02/19 11:14:27	1.52
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: pod2mdoc.c,v 1.51 2015/02/19 11:09:44 schwarze Exp $	*/
+/*	$Id: pod2mdoc.c,v 1.52 2015/02/19 11:14:27 schwarze Exp $	*/
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2014 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -1428,6 +1428,7 @@ ordinary(struct state *st, const char *buf, size_t sta
 			if ( ! isspace(last))
 				outbuf_addchar(st);
 			if (start < end &&
+			    ! isspace((unsigned char)buf[start - 1]) &&
 			    ! isspace((unsigned char)buf[start]))
 				continue;