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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v
retrieving revision 1.103
retrieving revision 1.104
diff -u -p -r1.103 -r1.104
--- mandoc/man.7	2011/08/17 22:16:32	1.103
+++ mandoc/man.7	2011/08/17 22:20:14	1.104
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: man.7,v 1.103 2011/08/17 22:16:32 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: man.7,v 1.104 2011/08/17 22:20:14 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ Furthermore,
 macro lines with only a control character and optional trailing
 whitespace are
 stripped from input.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+\&.\e\*q This is a comment line.
+\&.\e\*q The next line is ignored:
+\&.
+\&.Em Emphasis \e\*q This is also a comment.
+.Ed
 .Ss Special Characters
 Special characters are used to encode special glyphs and are rendered
 differently across output media.