1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7
index a9f424d5..90b6ddc7 100644
--- a/roff.7
+++ b/roff.7
@@ -2085,7 +2085,8 @@ defaults to
 .Ic \efP .
 .It Ic \eg[ Ns Ar name Ns Ic \&]
 Interpolate the format of a number register; ignored by
-.Xr mandoc 1 .
+.Xr mandoc 1 ,
+which interpolates an empty string instead.
 For short names, there are variants
 .Ic \eg Ns Ar c
 and