From 43f9226f1dc68cb4e5298a723da0b838160b17ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:48:10 +0000
Subject: improve the description of the message "blank line in fill mode";
 triggered by a misunderstanding by sashan@

---
 mandoc.1 | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mandoc.1 b/mandoc.1
index d29be7e9..5ecadffd 100644
--- a/mandoc.1
+++ b/mandoc.1
@@ -1699,9 +1699,12 @@ The meaning of blank input lines is only well-defined in non-fill mode:
 In fill mode, line breaks of text input lines are not supposed to be
 significant.
 However, for compatibility with groff, blank lines in fill mode
-are replaced with
+are formatted like
 .Ic \&sp
 requests.
+To request a paragraph break, use
+.Ic \&Pp
+instead of a blank line.
 .It Sy "tab in filled text"
 .Pq mdoc , man
 The meaning of tab characters is only well-defined in non-fill mode:
-- 
cgit