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diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index dd64fbda574..a92caf49ec1 100644
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -1087,6 +1087,11 @@ Same for the ANSI bold and normal escape sequences."
(while (re-search-forward "[-|]\\(\b[-|]\\)+" nil t)
(replace-match "+")
(put-text-property (1- (point)) (point) 'face 'bold))
+ ;; When the header is longer than the manpage name, groff tries to
+ ;; condense it to a shorter line interspered with ^H. Remove ^H with
+ ;; their preceding chars (but don't put Man-overstrike-face). (Bug#5566)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (while (re-search-forward ".\b" nil t) (backward-delete-char 2))
(goto-char (point-min))
;; Try to recognize common forms of cross references.
(Man-highlight-references)
@@ -1174,6 +1179,11 @@ script would have done them."
))
(goto-char (point-min))
(while (re-search-forward "[-|]\\(\b[-|]\\)+" nil t) (replace-match "+"))
+ ;; When the header is longer than the manpage name, groff tries to
+ ;; condense it to a shorter line interspered with ^H. Remove ^H with
+ ;; their preceding chars (but don't put Man-overstrike-face). (Bug#5566)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (while (re-search-forward ".\b" nil t) (backward-delete-char 2))
(Man-softhyphen-to-minus)
(message "%s man page cleaned up" Man-arguments))