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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v
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retrieving revision 1.109
diff -u -p -r1.108 -r1.109
--- mandoc/man.7	2011/08/30 13:14:01	1.108
+++ mandoc/man.7	2011/09/06 17:56:00	1.109
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: man.7,v 1.108 2011/08/30 13:14:01 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: man.7,v 1.109 2011/09/06 17:56:00 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 30 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 6 2011 $
 .Dt MAN 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -971,6 +971,14 @@ implementations of the
 language.
 .Pp
 .Bl -dash -compact
+.It
+Do not depend on
+.Sx \&SH
+or
+.Sx \&SS
+to close out a literal context opened with
+.Sx \&nf .
+This behaviour may not be portable.
 .It
 In quoted literals, GNU troff allowed pair-wise double-quotes to produce
 a standalone double-quote in formatted output.