1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mdwn2man b/mdwn2man
index e4ba5aadf..090174534 100755
--- a/mdwn2man
+++ b/mdwn2man
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ print ".TH $prog $section\n";
 while (<>) {
 	s{(\\?)\[\[([^\s\|\]]+)(\|[^\s\]]+)?\]\]}{$1 ? "[[$2]]" : $2}eg;
 	s/\`//g;
-	s/^\./\\&./g;
+	s/^\s*\./\\&./g;
 	if (/^#\s/) {
 		s/^#\s/.SH /;
 		<>; # blank;