1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mdwn2man b/mdwn2man
index e4ba5aadf..ad6d3c602 100755
--- a/mdwn2man
+++ b/mdwn2man
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ print ".TH $prog $section\n";
 while (<>) {
 	s{(\\?)\[\[([^\s\|\]]+)(\|[^\s\]]+)?\]\]}{$1 ? "[[$2]]" : $2}eg;
 	s/\`//g;
-	s/^\./\\&./g;
+	s/^\s*\./\\&./g;
 	if (/^#\s/) {
 		s/^#\s/.SH /;
 		<>; # blank;
 	}
-	s/^\s+//;
+	s/^[ \n]+//;
+	s/^\t/ /;
 	s/-/\\-/g;
 	s/^Warning:.*//g;
 	s/^$/.PP\n/;