===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc_macro.c,v
retrieving revision 1.217
retrieving revision 1.218
diff -u -p -r1.217 -r1.218
--- mandoc/mdoc_macro.c	2017/02/16 09:47:31	1.217
+++ mandoc/mdoc_macro.c	2017/04/17 12:53:29	1.218
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mdoc_macro.c,v 1.217 2017/02/16 09:47:31 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mdoc_macro.c,v 1.218 2017/04/17 12:53:29 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2010, 2012-2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -903,8 +903,10 @@ in_line(MACRO_PROT_ARGS)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (scope)
+	if (scope && tok != MDOC_Lk) {
 		rew_elem(mdoc, tok);
+		scope = 0;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If no elements have been collected and we're allowed to have
@@ -924,6 +926,8 @@ in_line(MACRO_PROT_ARGS)
 	}
 	if (nl)
 		append_delims(mdoc, line, pos, buf);
+	if (scope)
+		rew_elem(mdoc, tok);
 }
 
 static void