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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc.7,v
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retrieving revision 1.175
diff -u -p -r1.174 -r1.175
--- mandoc/mdoc.7	2011/01/04 23:32:21	1.174
+++ mandoc/mdoc.7	2011/01/12 10:43:22	1.175
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.174 2011/01/04 23:32:21 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.175 2011/01/12 10:43:22 kristaps 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: January 4 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 12 2011 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ character, and, in certain circumstances, the tab char
 All manuals must have
 .Ux
 line terminators.
+.Pp
+If the first character of a line is a space, that line is printed
+with a leading newline.
 .Ss Comments
 Text following a
 .Sq \e\*q ,