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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v
retrieving revision 1.49
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -p -r1.49 -r1.50
--- mandoc/man.7	2009/11/10 12:03:29	1.49
+++ mandoc/man.7	2009/11/12 05:50:12	1.50
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: man.7,v 1.49 2009/11/10 12:03:29 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: man.7,v 1.50 2009/11/12 05:50:12 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
 .\"
@@ -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: November 10 2009 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 12 2009 $
 .Dt MAN 7
 .Os
 .
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ escape followed by an indicator: B (bold), I, (italic)
 .D1 \efBbold\efR \efIitalic\efP
 .Pp
 A numerical representation 3, 2, or 1 (bold, italic, and Roman,
-respectively) may be used instead.
+respectively) may be used instead.  A text decoration is only valid, if
+specified in free-form text, until the next macro invocation; if
+specified within a macro, it's only valid until the macro closes scope.
 .Pp
 Text may also be sized with the
 .Sq \es