@@ -634,9 +634,10 @@ header when requesting a document from a URL:
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635635`-p`, `--preserve-tabs`
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637−: Preserve tabs instead of converting them to spaces (the default).
638− Note that this will only affect tabs in literal code spans and code
639− blocks; tabs in regular text will be treated as spaces.
637+: Preserve tabs instead of converting them to spaces. (By default, pandoc
638+ converts tabs to spaces before parsing its input.) Note that this will
639+ only affect tabs in literal code spans and code blocks. Tabs in regular
640+ text are always treated as spaces.
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641642`--tab-stop=`*NUMBER*
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