===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/eqn_term.c,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -p -r1.16 -r1.17
--- mandoc/eqn_term.c	2017/08/23 20:49:15	1.16
+++ mandoc/eqn_term.c	2017/08/23 21:56:20	1.17
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: eqn_term.c,v 1.16 2017/08/23 20:49:15 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: eqn_term.c,v 1.17 2017/08/23 21:56:20 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2014, 2015, 2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ eqn_box(struct termp *p, const struct eqn_box *bp)
 			p->flags |= TERMP_NOSPACE;
 		term_word(p, bp->text);
 		if ((cp = strchr(bp->text, '\0')) > bp->text &&
-		    ((cp[-1] == '-' && bp->prev == NULL) ||
-		     strchr("\"'([{", cp[-1]) != NULL))
+		    (strchr("\"'([{", cp[-1]) != NULL ||
+		     (bp->prev == NULL && (cp[-1] == '-' ||
+		      (cp >= bp->text + 5 &&
+		       strcmp(cp - 5, "\\[mi]") == 0)))))
 			p->flags |= TERMP_NOSPACE;
 	}