\e[ti] renders as \[ti] -- using \[ti] in a man page will produce a literal tilde (~), not a nonbreaking space. The intention here is to recommend \~, which produces a nonbreaking space, so we need some more escaping. Apply bold formatting too, which I believe is in accordance with the advice in this section. Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man/man7/man-pages.7 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/man7/man-pages.7 b/man/man7/man-pages.7 index c7251d1340a5..007b9e7a2fc5 100644 --- a/man/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -725,7 +725,8 @@ .SS Formatting conventions (general) in italic format, for example, .IR "man 7 man-pages" . In this case, it may be worth using nonbreaking spaces -(\e[ti]) at suitable places in the command. +.RB ( \[rs]\[ti] ) +at suitable places in the command. Command options should be written in italics (e.g., .IR \-l ). .P -- 2.45.2.627.g7a2c4fd464-goog
