-.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.7,v 1.127 2014/12/28 15:22:42 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.7,v 1.128 2014/12/31 20:41:53 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 28 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 31 2014 $
.Dt MDOC 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
Close quoted context opened by
.Sx \&Qo .
.Ss \&Ql
-Format a single-quoted literal.
+Request a literal font and enclose in single quotes.
+For arguments of three or more characters, formatters other than
+.Xr mandoc 1
+usually omit the quotes on non-terminal output devices.
See also
-.Sx \&Qq
+.Sx \&Li
and
.Sx \&Sq .
.Ss \&Qo