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commit 6b54f8f937c5b07a61193604d8bcea158bcd85b9
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Aug 29 14:22:05 2022 -0500

    doc/groff.texi: Fix content nit.
    
    Note an exception to the rule about not using spaces to align text.
---
 doc/groff.texi | 1 +
 man/roff.7.man | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 904bad805..26684911b 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5529,6 +5529,7 @@ into control lines.
 
 @item
 Do not use spaces to perform indentation or align columns of a table.
+Leading spaces are reliable when text is not being filled.
 
 @item
 Comment your document.  It is never too soon to apply comments to
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index 93f2ae03d..668849019 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -2104,6 +2104,7 @@ so that reflowing the input doesn't turn them into 
control lines.
 .
 .IP \[bu]
 Do not use spaces to perform indentation or align columns of a table.
+Leading spaces are reliable when text is not being filled.
 .
 .
 .IP \[bu]

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