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RCS file: /cvs/docbook2mdoc/parse.c,v
retrieving revision 1.57
retrieving revision 1.58
diff -u -p -r1.57 -r1.58
--- docbook2mdoc/parse.c	2019/05/01 17:20:47	1.57
+++ docbook2mdoc/parse.c	2019/05/02 04:09:26	1.58
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: parse.c,v 1.57 2019/05/01 17:20:47 schwarze Exp $ */
+/* $Id: parse.c,v 1.58 2019/05/02 04:09:26 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2014 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2019 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -354,12 +354,12 @@ pnode_closetext(struct parse *p, int check_last_word)
 
 	while (cp > n->b && !isspace((unsigned char)cp[-1]))
 		cp--;
-	if (cp == n->b)
-		return;
-
 	last_word = cp;
 	while (cp > n->b && isspace((unsigned char)cp[-1]))
-	    *--cp = '\0';
+		cp--;
+	if (cp == n->b)
+		return;
+	*cp = '\0';
 
 	/* Move the last word into its own node, for use with .Pf. */