Index: mdoc_action.c
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RCS file: /home/joerg/cvsroot/mdocml/mdoc_action.c,v
retrieving revision 1.60
diff -u -p -r1.60 mdoc_action.c
--- mdoc_action.c	17 May 2010 23:57:06 -0000	1.60
+++ mdoc_action.c	23 May 2010 00:07:11 -0000
@@ -637,11 +637,14 @@ post_bl_tagwidth(POST_ARGS)
 	/* Defaults to ten ens. */
 
 	sz = 10; /* XXX: make this a macro value. */
-	nn = n->body->child;
+
+	for (nn = n->body->child; nn; nn = nn->next) {
+		if (MDOC_It == nn->tok)
+			break;
+	}
 
 	if (nn) {
 		assert(MDOC_BLOCK == nn->type);
-		assert(MDOC_It == nn->tok);
 		nn = nn->head->child;
 		if (MDOC_TEXT != nn->type) {
 			sz = mdoc_macro2len(nn->tok);