===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/term.c,v
retrieving revision 1.257
retrieving revision 1.258
diff -u -p -r1.257 -r1.258
--- mandoc/term.c	2016/04/12 15:30:00	1.257
+++ mandoc/term.c	2016/08/10 11:03:43	1.258
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-/*	$Id: term.c,v 1.257 2016/04/12 15:30:00 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: term.c,v 1.258 2016/08/10 11:03:43 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2015 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2016 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
  * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -504,7 +504,9 @@ term_word(struct termp *p, const char *word)
 				}
 			}
 			/* Trim trailing backspace/blank pair. */
-			if (p->col > 2 && p->buf[p->col - 1] == ' ')
+			if (p->col > 2 &&
+			    (p->buf[p->col - 1] == ' ' ||
+			     p->buf[p->col - 1] == '\t'))
 				p->col -= 2;
 			continue;
 		default:
@@ -568,7 +570,7 @@ encode1(struct termp *p, int c)
 	    p->fontq[p->fonti] : TERMFONT_NONE;
 
 	if (p->flags & TERMP_BACKBEFORE) {
-		if (p->buf[p->col - 1] == ' ')
+		if (p->buf[p->col - 1] == ' ' || p->buf[p->col - 1] == '\t')
 			p->col--;
 		else
 			p->buf[p->col++] = 8;