3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 296bb5e6..d7bac760 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ pset(const char *buf, int pos, struct curparse *curp,
 	 * default to -man, which is more lenient.
 	 */
 
-	if (buf[0] == '.') {
+	if ('.' == buf[0] || '\'' == buf[0]) {
 		for (i = 1; buf[i]; i++)
 			if (' ' != buf[i] && '\t' != buf[i])
 				break;
diff --git a/man.c b/man.c
index e9774da1..f015720c 100644
--- a/man.c
+++ b/man.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ int
 man_parseln(struct man *m, int ln, char *buf)
 {
 
-	return('.' == *buf || '\'' == *buf ? 
+	return(('.' == *buf || '\'' == *buf) ? 
 			man_pmacro(m, ln, buf) : 
 			man_ptext(m, ln, buf));
 }
diff --git a/mdoc.c b/mdoc.c
index 3d77fa0b..8d3ba02f 100644
--- a/mdoc.c
+++ b/mdoc.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ mdoc_parseln(struct mdoc *m, int ln, char *buf)
 		return(0);
 
 	m->flags |= MDOC_NEWLINE;
-	return('.' == *buf ? 
+	return(('.' == *buf || '\'' == *buf) ? 
 			mdoc_pmacro(m, ln, buf) :
 			mdoc_ptext(m, ln, buf));
 }