This is just how the man program lays out a .TP (tagged paragraph). If it has room, it uses the same line, otherwise it puts the content on the next line. Not a bug.
> On May 6, 2026, at 2:12 AM, Dan Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Package: pandoc > > I think I found a real problem this time: > > Because the word "indent" is "too short", > it ends up wrecking it's item's indentation: > (pun: "indent" indentation not intended) > > $ man pandoc > > indent paragraph indent (e.g. 2m) > > lineheight > line height (e.g. 12p) > > pointsize > point size (e.g. 10p) > > https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/edit/main/MANUAL.txt > shows everything is normal here: > > `indent` > : paragraph indent (e.g. `2m`) > > `lineheight` > : line height (e.g. `12p`) > > `pointsize` > : point size (e.g. `10p`) > > So the problem must be elsewhere.

