2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 4dff2ebb..e6412c6a 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -521,10 +521,12 @@ print_text(struct html *h, const char *p)
 	if ( ! print_encode(h, p, 0))
 		h->flags &= ~HTML_NOSPACE;
 
+	/* 
+	 * Note that we don't process the pipe: the parser sees it as
+	 * punctuation, but we don't in terms of typography.
+	 */
 	if (*p && 0 == *(p + 1))
 		switch (*p) {
-		case('|'):
-			/* FALLTHROUGH */
 		case('('):
 			/* FALLTHROUGH */
 		case('['):
diff --git a/term.c b/term.c
index 56efdc0f..71c59159 100644
--- a/term.c
+++ b/term.c
@@ -526,10 +526,12 @@ term_word(struct termp *p, const char *word)
 			p->flags |= TERMP_NOSPACE;
 	}
 
+	/* 
+	 * Note that we don't process the pipe: the parser sees it as
+	 * punctuation, but we don't in terms of typography.
+	 */
 	if (sv[0] && 0 == sv[1])
 		switch (sv[0]) {
-		case('|'):
-			/* FALLTHROUGH */
 		case('('):
 			/* FALLTHROUGH */
 		case('['):