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;