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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc.7,v
retrieving revision 1.166
retrieving revision 1.170
diff -u -p -r1.166 -r1.170
--- mandoc/mdoc.7	2010/11/30 20:45:55	1.166
+++ mandoc/mdoc.7	2010/12/18 19:12:00	1.170
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: mdoc.7,v 1.166 2010/11/30 20:45:55 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.170 2010/12/18 19:12:00 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 .\" 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 30 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 18 2010 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -1077,8 +1077,7 @@ implementations render it poorly.
 Left- and right-justify the block.
 .It Fl literal
 Do not justify the block at all.
-Preserve white space and newlines as they appear in the input, including
-if it follows a macro.
+Preserve white space as it appears in the input.
 .It Fl ragged
 Only left-justify the block.
 .It Fl unfilled
@@ -2738,6 +2737,11 @@ The following problematic behaviour is found in groff:
 .ds hist (Historic groff only.)
 .Pp
 .Bl -dash -compact
+.It
+Display macros
+.Pq Sx \&Bd , Sx \&Dl , and Sx \&D1
+may not be nested.
+\*[hist]
 .It
 .Sx \&At
 with unknown arguments produces no output at all.