1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl b/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
index e891f6709..f6f6ce8be 100755
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/gen.pl
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ sub manpageify {
 
 sub printdesc {
     my @desc = @_;
+    my $exam = 0;
     for my $d (@desc) {
         if($d =~ /\(Added in ([0-9.]+)\)/i) {
             my $ver = $1;
@@ -89,6 +90,16 @@ sub printdesc {
             # *italics*
             $d =~ s/\*([^ ]*)\*/\\fI$1\\fP/g;
         }
+        if(!$exam && ($d =~ /^ /)) {
+            # start of example
+            $exam = 1;
+            print ".nf\n"; # no-fill
+        }
+        elsif($exam && ($d !~ /^ /)) {
+            # end of example
+            $exam = 0;
+            print ".fi\n"; # fill-in
+        }
         # skip lines starting with space (examples)
         if($d =~ /^[^ ]/) {
             for my $k (keys %optlong) {