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diff --git a/mdoc.7 b/mdoc.7
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--- a/mdoc.7
+++ b/mdoc.7
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ manuals must have
 line terminators.
 .Ss Comments
 Text following a
-.Sq \e" ,
+.Sq \e\*q ,
 whether in a macro or free-form text line, is ignored to the end of
 line.  A macro line with only a control character and comment escape,
-.Sq \&.\e" ,
+.Sq \&.\e\*q ,
 is also ignored.  Macro lines with only a control character and optionally
 whitespace are stripped from input.
 .Ss Reserved Characters