diff --git a/Build/mdwn2man b/Build/mdwn2man
index 09b684a074..d50c2a0111 100755
--- a/Build/mdwn2man
+++ b/Build/mdwn2man
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ while (<>) {
 	s{(\\?)\[\[([^\s\|\]]+)(\|[^\s\]]+)?\]\]}{$1 ? "[[$2]]" : $2}eg;
 	s/\`([^\`]*)\`/\\fB$1\\fP/g;
 	s/\`//g;
-	s/^\s*\./\\&./g;
+	s/^ *\./\\&./g;
 	if (/^#\s/) {
 		s/^#\s/.SH /;
 		<>; # blank;
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-smudge.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-smudge.mdwn
index 7439c87844..3b34ab7dc9 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-smudge.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-smudge.mdwn
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ not need to configure it manually.
 	        clean = git-annex smudge --clean %f
 
 To make git use that filter driver, it needs to be configured in
-the .gitattributes file or in `.git/config/attributes`. The latter
+the `.gitattributes` file or in `.git/info/attributes`. The latter
 is normally configured when a repository is initialized, with the following
 contents: