diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0664ea87..0e007a37 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ pages:
     - mkdir public
     - mv -v target/doc public/impl
 
-    - for M in /tmp/assets/man-pages/*; do pandoc -s $M -L src/man-pandoc.lua -o $M.html ; done
+    - for M in /tmp/assets/man-pages/*; do pandoc -s $M -L src/man-pandoc.lua -H src/man-pandoc.inc.html -o $M.html ; done
     - mkdir public/man
     - mv -v /tmp/assets/man-pages/*.html public/man
 
diff --git a/src/man-pandoc.inc.html b/src/man-pandoc.inc.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a75a42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/man-pandoc.inc.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<style>
+  code {
+      white-space: pre;
+  }
+</style>
diff --git a/src/man.rs b/src/man.rs
index 14a1b6f3..99fe9cec 100644
--- a/src/man.rs
+++ b/src/man.rs
@@ -550,6 +550,9 @@ impl CommandOption {
 pub struct ManualPage {
     filename: PathBuf,
     roff: Roff,
+
+    // Are we in code mode (emitted .nf)?
+    in_code: bool,
 }
 
 impl ManualPage {
@@ -557,6 +560,7 @@ impl ManualPage {
         Self {
             filename,
             roff: Roff::new(),
+            in_code: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -577,6 +581,22 @@ impl ManualPage {
         self.roff.text([roman(&format!("{} - {}", name, summary))]);
     }
 
+    /// Typeset code blocks, joining adjacent blocks.
+    fn code(&mut self, code: bool) {
+        match (self.in_code, code) {
+            (false, false) => (),
+            (false, true) => {
+                self.roff.control("nf", []);
+                self.in_code = true;
+            },
+            (true, false) => {
+                self.roff.control("fi", []);
+                self.in_code = false;
+            },
+            (true, true) => (),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Typeset the synopsis of a command. This is going to be part of
     /// the SYNOPSIS section. There are conventions for how it should
     /// be typeset. For sq, we simplify them by summarizing options
@@ -690,6 +710,7 @@ impl ManualPage {
                             TARGET_LINE_LENGTH - 3 * RS_INDENTATION;
 
                         if let Some(line) = line.strip_prefix("# ") {
+                            self.code(false);
                             self.roff.text([roman(line)]);
                         } else if let Some(line) = line.strip_prefix("$ ") {
                             let line = line.trim();
@@ -698,11 +719,10 @@ impl ManualPage {
                                       EXAMPLE_COMMAND_MAX_WIDTH);
                                 fail!("{}", line);
                             }
-                            self.roff.control("nf", []);
+                            self.code(true);
                             self.roff.control("RS", []);
                             self.roff.text([roman(line)]);
                             self.roff.control("RE", []);
-                            self.roff.control("fi", []);
                         } else if continuation {
                             let line = line.trim();
                             if line.len() > EXAMPLE_CONTINUATION_MAX_WIDTH {
@@ -710,14 +730,14 @@ impl ManualPage {
                                       EXAMPLE_CONTINUATION_MAX_WIDTH);
                                 fail!("{}", line);
                             }
-                            self.roff.control("nf", []);
+                            self.code(true);
                             self.roff.control("RS", []);
                             self.roff.control("RS", []);
                             self.roff.text([roman(line)]);
                             self.roff.control("RE", []);
                             self.roff.control("RE", []);
-                            self.roff.control("fi", []);
                         } else {
+                            self.code(false);
                             self.roff.text([roman(line)]);
                         }
 
@@ -733,6 +753,8 @@ impl ManualPage {
                         need_para = true;
                     }
                 }
+
+                self.code(false);
             }
         }
     }