If the first character of free-form text is whitespace, then a newline

shall precede outputted text (surprise!).

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/man.7 b/man.7
index be88f6bb..195761c5 100644
--- a/man.7
+++ b/man.7
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ line termination.
 .Pp
 Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will assert a
 vertical space.
+.Pp
+If the first character of a line is a space, that line is printed
+with a leading newline.
 .Ss Comments
 Text following a
 .Sq \e\*q ,