2 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man.c b/man.c
index 28c72df6..a07b89b8 100644
--- a/man.c
+++ b/man.c
@@ -404,8 +404,7 @@ man_ptext(struct man *m, int line, char *buf)
 	assert(i);
 
 	if (' ' == buf[i - 1] || '\t' == buf[i - 1]) {
-		assert(i > 1);
-		if ('\\' != buf[i - 2])
+		if (i > 1 && '\\' != buf[i - 2])
 			if ( ! man_pwarn(m, line, i - 1, WTSPACE))
 				return(0);
 
@@ -413,7 +412,6 @@ man_ptext(struct man *m, int line, char *buf)
 			/* Spin back to non-space. */ ;
 
 		/* Jump ahead of escaped whitespace. */
-		assert(i);
 		i += '\\' == buf[i] ? 2 : 1;
 
 		buf[i] = '\0';
diff --git a/mdoc.c b/mdoc.c
index 1a6d23f8..08064f34 100644
--- a/mdoc.c
+++ b/mdoc.c
@@ -674,8 +674,7 @@ mdoc_ptext(struct mdoc *m, int line, char *buf)
 	assert(i);
 
 	if (' ' == buf[i - 1] || '\t' == buf[i - 1]) {
-		assert(i > 1);
-		if ('\\' != buf[i - 2])
+		if (i > 1 && '\\' != buf[i - 2])
 			if ( ! mdoc_pwarn(m, line, i - 1, ETAILWS))
 				return(0);
 
@@ -683,7 +682,6 @@ mdoc_ptext(struct mdoc *m, int line, char *buf)
 			/* Spin back to non-space. */ ;
 
 		/* Jump ahead of escaped whitespace. */
-		assert(i);
 		i += '\\' == buf[i] ? 2 : 1;
 
 		buf[i] = '\0';