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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc_term.c,v
retrieving revision 1.332
retrieving revision 1.333
diff -u -p -r1.332 -r1.333
--- mandoc/mdoc_term.c	2016/10/09 18:16:56	1.332
+++ mandoc/mdoc_term.c	2016/11/08 16:04:57	1.333
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mdoc_term.c,v 1.332 2016/10/09 18:16:56 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mdoc_term.c,v 1.333 2016/11/08 16:04:57 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2010, 2012-2016 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -2235,7 +2235,9 @@ termp_tag_pre(DECL_ARGS)
 
 	if (n->child != NULL &&
 	    n->child->type == ROFFT_TEXT &&
-	    n->prev == NULL &&
+	    (n->prev == NULL ||
+	     (n->prev->type == ROFFT_TEXT &&
+	      strcmp(n->prev->string, "|") == 0)) &&
 	    (n->parent->tok == MDOC_It ||
 	     (n->parent->tok == MDOC_Xo &&
 	      n->parent->parent->prev == NULL &&