1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 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';