2 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index d899310a..3cb10f45 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@
 ************************************************************************
 
 - perl(1) SYNOPSIS looks bad; reported by deraadt@
-  1) "\ " is non-breaking
-  2) man(7) seems to need SYNOPSIS .Nm blocks, too
+  1) man(7) seems to need SYNOPSIS .Nm blocks, too
 
 - empty phrases in .Bl column produce too few blanks
   try e.g. .Bl -column It Ta Ta
diff --git a/chars.in b/chars.in
index 55746414..7e93ca3f 100644
--- a/chars.in
+++ b/chars.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ CHAR_TBL_START
 /* Spacing. */
 CHAR("c",			"",		0,	-1)
 CHAR("0",			" ",		1,	8194)
-CHAR(" ",			" ",		1,	8194)
+CHAR(" ",			ascii_nbrsp,	1,	160)
 CHAR("~",			ascii_nbrsp,	1,	160)
 CHAR("%",			"",		0,	-1)
 CHAR("&",			"",		0,	-1)