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commit eb402d21c6b672fe8b43623079bc36bd152219c6
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun 23 12:38:20 2026 -0500
[doc,man]: Fix style nit.
Don't tuck an entire independent clause inside a parentheses within a
sentence; use a semicolon instead.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 4 ++--
man/groff.7.man | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 48634e19a..683cb680e 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -12616,8 +12616,8 @@ not when it is output.
@cindex conditional page break (@code{ne})
@cindex page break, conditional (@code{ne})
@cindex need vertical space request (@code{ne})
-Force a page break if insufficient vertical space is available
-(it asserts ``needed'' space).
+Force a page break if insufficient vertical space is available;
+it asserts ``needed'' space.
@code{ne} tests the distance to the next page
location trap; see @ref{Page Location Traps}, and breaks the page if
that amount is less than @var{space}. The default scaling unit is
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index ed1c923da..089cd88c7 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -2096,8 +2096,8 @@ incrementing the page number by one
.
The
.B ne
-request forces a page break if insufficient vertical space is available
-(it asserts \[lq]needed\[rq] space).
+request forces a page break if insufficient vertical space is available;
+it asserts \[lq]needed\[rq] space.
.
.B sv
requires vertical space as
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