1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mdoc_html.c b/mdoc_html.c
index 5c26f7ea..3adea09f 100644
--- a/mdoc_html.c
+++ b/mdoc_html.c
@@ -640,9 +640,10 @@ mdoc_fl_pre(MDOC_ARGS)
 
 	print_text(h, "\\-");
 
-	if (n->child)
-		h->flags |= HTML_NOSPACE;
-	else if (n->next && n->next->line == n->line)
+	if ( ! (n->nchild == 0 &&
+	    (n->next == NULL ||
+	     n->next->type == MDOC_TEXT ||
+	     n->next->flags & MDOC_LINE)))
 		h->flags |= HTML_NOSPACE;
 
 	return(1);