===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc_validate.c,v
retrieving revision 1.37
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -u -p -r1.37 -r1.38
--- mandoc/mdoc_validate.c	2009/07/18 23:31:04	1.37
+++ mandoc/mdoc_validate.c	2009/07/20 15:05:34	1.38
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mdoc_validate.c,v 1.37 2009/07/18 23:31:04 kristaps Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mdoc_validate.c,v 1.38 2009/07/20 15:05:34 kristaps Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
  *
@@ -1028,11 +1028,20 @@ post_it(POST_ARGS)
 		c = mdoc->last->child;
 		for (i = 0; c && MDOC_HEAD == c->type; c = c->next)
 			i++;
-		if (i == cols)
+
+		if (i < cols) {
+			if ( ! mdoc_vwarn(mdoc, mdoc->last->line, 
+					mdoc->last->pos, "column "
+					"mismatch: have %d, want %d", 
+					i, cols))
+				return(0);
 			break;
-		return(mdoc_verr(mdoc, mdoc->last->line, mdoc->last->pos,
-				"column mismatch (have %d, want %d)", 
-				i, cols));
+		} else if (i == cols)
+			break;
+
+		return(mdoc_verr(mdoc, mdoc->last->line, 
+				mdoc->last->pos, "column mismatch: "
+				"have %d, want %d", i, cols));
 	default:
 		break;
 	}