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 .Pq part of the standard preamble for Perl documentation .
 Handled as a current-scope line macro.
 .El
+.Pp
+Furthermore, the following escapes are accepted to allow
+.Xr pod2man 1
+documents to be correctly formatted: 
+\e*(-- (dash),
+\e*(PI (pi),
+\e*(L" (left double-quote),
+\e*(R" (right double-quote),
+\e*(C+ (C++),
+\e*(C` (left single-quote),
+\e*(C' (right single-quote),
+\e*(Aq (apostrophe),
+\e*^ (hat),
+\e*, (comma),
+\e*~ (tilde),
+\e*/ (forward slash),
+\e*: (umlaut),
+\e*8 (beta),
+\e*o (degree),
+\e*(D- (Eth),
+\e*(d- (eth),
+\e*(Th (Thorn),
+and
+\e*(th (thorn).
 .
 .
 .Sh REFERENCE