1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man.c b/man.c
index caef76f5..749356dc 100644
--- a/man.c
+++ b/man.c
@@ -435,9 +435,10 @@ man_ptext(struct man *m, int line, char *buf, int offs)
 
 	if ('\0' == buf[i]) {
 		/* Allocate a blank entry. */
-		if ( ! man_word_alloc(m, line, offs, ""))
+		if ( ! man_elem_alloc(m, line, offs, MAN_sp))
 			return(0);
-		return(man_descope(m, line, offs));
+		m->next = MAN_NEXT_SIBLING;
+		return(1);
 	}
 
 	/*