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@@ -360,6 +360,39 @@ parsed(mdoc, node);
mdoc_free(mdoc);
.Ed
.\" SECTION
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+In general, only those macros specified by
+.Xr mdoc.samples 7
+and
+.Xr mdoc 7
+for
+.Ox
+and
+.Nx
+are supported; support for other
+.Bx
+systems is in progress.
+.Bl -bullet
+.\" LIST-ITEM
+.It
+NetBSD
+.Sq \&It \-nested
+is assumed for all lists: any list may be nested and
+.Sq \-enum
+lists will restart the sequence only for the sub-list.
+.\" LIST-ITEM
+.It
+Newer NetBSD-style
+.Sq \&It \-column
+syntax, where column widths may be preceeded by other arguments (instead
+of proceeded), is not supported.
+.\" LIST-ITEM
+.It
+The
+.Sq \&At
+macro only accepts a single parameter.
+.El
+.\" SECTION
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mdoc 7 ,
.Xr mdoc.samples 7 ,
@@ -372,17 +405,11 @@ The
utility was written by
.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .
.\" SECTION
-.Sh BUGS
-Bugs, un-implemented macros and incompabilities are documented in this
-section. The baseline for determining whether macro parsing is
-.Qq incompatible
-is the default
-.Xr groff 1
-system bundled with
-.Ox .
-.\" PARAGRAPH
-.Pp
-Un-implemented: the
+.Sh CAVEATS
+.Bl -bullet
+.\" LIST-ITEM
+.It
+The
.Sq \&Xc
and
.Sq \&Xo
@@ -390,36 +417,4 @@ macros aren't handled when used to span lines for the
.Sq \&It
macro. Such usage is specifically discouraged in
.Xr mdoc.samples 7 .
-.\" PARAGRAPH
-.Pp
-Bugs: when
-.Sq \&It \-column
-is invoked, whitespace is not stripped around
-.Sq \&Ta
-or tab-character separators.
-.\" PARAGRAPH
-.Pp
-Bugs: elements within columns for
-.Sq \&It \-column
-are not yet supported.
-.\" PARAGRAPH
-.Pp
-Incompatible: the
-.Sq \&At
-macro only accepts a single parameter. Furthermore, several macros
-.Pf ( Sq \&Pp ,
-.Sq \&It ,
-and possibly others) accept multiple arguments with a warning.
-.\" PARAGRAPH
-.Pp
-Incompatible: only those macros specified by
-.Xr mdoc.samples 7
-and
-.Xr mdoc 7
-for
-.Ox
-are supported; support for
-.Nx
-and other
-.Bx
-systems is in progress.
+.El