From 6df40660334ce30ad0e4ca8fb65a8e002fb9cd22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 20:42:31 +0000
Subject: describe .Ql more precisely; defect pointed out by Steffen Nurpmeso
 <sdaoden at yandex dot com>

---
 mdoc.7 | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'mdoc.7')

diff --git a/mdoc.7 b/mdoc.7
index c2ac5aa1..a4bf6c91 100644
--- a/mdoc.7
+++ b/mdoc.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.246 2014/12/28 15:23:33 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.247 2014/12/31 20:42:31 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 28 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 31 2014 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -2201,9 +2201,12 @@ See also
 Close quoted context opened by
 .Sx \&Qo .
 .Ss \&Ql
-Format a single-quoted literal.
+Request a literal font and enclose in single quotes.
+For arguments of three or more characters, formatters other than
+.Xr mandoc 1
+usually omit the quotes on non-terminal output devices.
 See also
-.Sx \&Qq
+.Sx \&Li
 and
 .Sx \&Sq .
 .Ss \&Qo
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