1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index b76aa2ac..dd7df9fe 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -232,10 +232,12 @@ man_init(struct curparse *curp)
 
 	/* Defaults from mandoc.1. */
 
-	pflags = MAN_IGN_MACRO;
+	pflags = MAN_IGN_MACRO | MAN_IGN_CHARS;
 
 	if (curp->fflags & NO_IGN_MACRO)
 		pflags &= ~MAN_IGN_MACRO;
+	if (curp->fflags & NO_IGN_CHARS)
+		pflags &= ~MAN_IGN_CHARS;
 
 	if (NULL == (man = man_alloc(curp, pflags, &mancb)))
 		warnx("memory exhausted");