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commit 73d68dedbff48eead7fabc5e2bcecd5dd945ab31
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri May 1 01:19:09 2026 -0500
[doc,man]: Clarify a detail of macro call syntax.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 4 +++-
man/groff.7.man | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 8336707c8..e0e4fc5d9 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -8325,7 +8325,9 @@ emits a warning in category
Calling an undefined macro
@emph{does}
end a macro definition naming it
-as its end macro.@footnote{@xref{Writing Macros}.}
+as its end macro,
+unless a tab lies between the control character
+and its name.@footnote{@xref{Writing Macros}.}
@cindex spaces, in a macro argument
To embed spaces
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 3f50903dd..ab80e0943 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -1700,7 +1700,9 @@ See section \[lq]Warnings\[rq] in
.
Calling an undefined macro
.I does
-end a macro definition naming it as its end macro
+end a macro definition naming it as its end macro,
+unless a tab lies between the control character
+and its name
(see section \[lq]Writing macros\[rq] below).
.
.
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