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/mdoc.7 b/mdoc.7
index e927c18e..ee53d228 100644
--- a/mdoc.7
+++ b/mdoc.7
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ character, and, in certain circumstances, the tab character.
 All manuals must have
 .Ux
 line terminators.
+.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 ,