.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 1 2008 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 2 2008 $
.Dt mdocml 1
.Os
.\"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility parses
-.Xr mdoc
-formatted manual source and passes results into an output filter. The
-only current output filter is
+utility parses mdoc formatted manual source and passes results into an
+output filter. The only current output filter is
.Ar xml ,
the default. The arguments are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "\-o outfile"
The engine doesn't understand the
.Sq \&Xo ,
.Sq \&Xc ,
-.Sq \&Ns ,
.Sq \&No ,
.Sq \&Db ,
-.Sq \&Sm ,
.Sq \&Xc ,
and
.Sq \&Xo
remaining tokens are flushed after line scope is closed, not just the
last one.
.El
+.Pp
+The roff engine in
+.Nm
+produces text in-line; thus, output may already be partially written by
+the time an error is encountered.
.\" .Sh BUGS