diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b4435efb2bdb..13f89b94a432 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 51f5a0c8f63990fcb6e09ed52be348df58c9e416
+refs/heads/master: cdccb316c0860b26ad52f622a7592122a62d02b4
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/kernel-doc b/trunk/scripts/kernel-doc
index f5862abe0311..1f5835115cad 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/trunk/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -404,7 +404,11 @@ sub output_highlight {
 	    print $lineprefix, $blankline;
 	} else {
 	    $line =~ s/\\\\\\/\&/g;
-	    print $lineprefix, $line;
+	    if ($output_mode eq "man" && substr($line, 0, 1) eq ".") {
+		print "\\&$line";
+	    } else {
+		print $lineprefix, $line;
+	    }
 	}
 	print "\n";
     }