Added note about whitespace being stripped from mdoc/man input and re-added in mandoc(1).

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/man.7 b/man.7
index 7b440202..e1a1cdb2 100644
--- a/man.7
+++ b/man.7
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ or a single one-character sequence.
 Characters may alternatively be escaped by a slash-asterisk,
 .Sq \e* ,
 with the same combinations as described above.  This form is deprecated.  
+.\" SUB-SECTION
+.Ss Whitespace
+Unless specifically escaped, consecutive blocks of whitespace are pruned
+from input.  These are later re-added, if applicable, by a front-end
+utility such as
+.Xr mandoc 1 .
 .\" SECTION
 .Sh STRUCTURE
 Each
diff --git a/mdoc.7 b/mdoc.7
index e018fa57..a280724c 100644
--- a/mdoc.7
+++ b/mdoc.7
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ or a single one-character sequence.
 Characters may alternatively be escaped by a slash-asterisk,
 .Sq \e* ,
 with the same combinations as described above.  This form is deprecated.  
+.\" SUB-SECTION
+.Ss Whitespace
+Unless in literal mode or specifically escaped, consecutive blocks of
+whitespace are pruned from input.  These are later re-added, if
+applicable, by a front-end utility such as
+.Xr mandoc 1 .
 .\" SECTION
 .Sh STRUCTURE
 Each