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diff -u -p -r1.239 -r1.240
--- mandoc/mdoc.7	2014/10/20 17:59:20	1.239
+++ mandoc/mdoc.7	2014/10/30 20:10:02	1.240
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.239 2014/10/20 17:59:20 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.240 2014/10/30 20:10:02 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013 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: October 20 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 30 2014 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -937,8 +937,11 @@ The
 .Fl width
 and
 .Fl offset
-arguments accept scaling widths as described in
-.Xr roff 7
+arguments accept macro names as described for
+.Sx \&Bd
+.Fl offset ,
+scaling widths as described in
+.Xr roff 7 ,
 or use the length of the given string.
 The
 .Fl offset