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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc.7,v
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retrieving revision 1.277
diff -u -p -r1.275 -r1.277
--- mandoc/mdoc.7	2019/02/06 22:18:59	1.275
+++ mandoc/mdoc.7	2019/04/23 18:46:06	1.277
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.275 2019/02/06 22:18:59 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.277 2019/04/23 18:46:06 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013-2018 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: February 6 2019 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 23 2019 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -596,6 +596,13 @@ block.
 Book or journal page number of an
 .Ic \&Rs
 block.
+Conventionally, the argument starts with
+.Ql p.\&
+for a single page or
+.Ql pp.\&
+for a range of pages, for example:
+.Pp
+.Dl .%P pp. 42\e(en47
 .It Ic \&%Q Ar name
 Institutional author (school, government, etc.) of an
 .Ic \&Rs
@@ -1588,8 +1595,7 @@ Examples:
 .Dl \&.Fn \(dqint funcname\(dq \(dqint arg0\(dq \(dqint arg1\(dq
 .Dl \&.Fn funcname \(dqint arg0\(dq
 .Dl \&.Fn funcname arg0
-.Pp
-.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
 \&.Ft functype
 \&.Fn funcname
 .Ed
@@ -1933,8 +1939,7 @@ using semantic annotation macros.
 .Pp
 Examples:
 .Dl ".Em italic , Sy bold , No and roman"
-.Pp
-.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
 \&.Sm off
 \&.Cm :C No / Ar pattern No / Ar replacement No /
 \&.Sm on
@@ -2971,7 +2976,7 @@ exclamation mark
 Note that even a period preceded by a backslash
 .Pq Sq \e.\&
 gets this special handling; use
-.Sq \e&.
+.Sq \e&.\&
 to prevent that.
 .Pp
 Many in-line macros interrupt their scope when they encounter