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diff --git a/csrc/mdcode.mdc b/csrc/mdcode.mdc
index e1498ce..cf6887d 100644
--- a/csrc/mdcode.mdc
+++ b/csrc/mdcode.mdc
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ will "do the right thing".
 	libmdcode.o : libmdcode.c mdcode.h
 		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c libmdcode.c
 
-
 ### File: md2c.c
 
 	#include <unistd.h>
@@ -162,8 +161,11 @@ the root.
 
 Finally we need to know if the `code_node` was recognised by being
 indented or not.  If it was, the client of this data will want to
-strip of the leading tab or 4 spaces.  Hence a `needs_strip` flag is
-needed.
+strip off the leading tab or 4 spaces.  Hence a `needs_strip` flag is
+needed.  This will be set to 8 if a tab is found and 4 if four spaces are found.
+This means the relative indent of text in the node
+is `node->indent - node->needs_strip`.
+The relative indent is needed for detecting indents in the overall file.
 
 ##### exported types
 
@@ -288,7 +290,13 @@ in a new node.
 		n->code = txt;
 		n->indent = 0;
 		n->line_no = line_no;
-		n->needs_strip = needs_strip;
+		if (needs_strip) {
+			if (txt.txt[0] == '\t')
+				n->needs_strip = 8;
+			else
+				n->needs_strip = 4;
+		} else
+			n->needs_strip = 0;
 		n->next = NULL;
 		n->child = NULL;
 		if (where->last)
@@ -577,7 +585,6 @@ end of the code, we don't need to check for these blank lines.
 		return c;
 	}
 
-
 	static char *take_code(char *pos, char *end, char *marker,
 			       struct psection **table, struct text section,
 			       int *line_nop)
@@ -774,7 +781,6 @@ error message - a `code_err_fn`.
 
 	struct section *code_extract(char *pos, char *end, code_err_fn error);
 
-
 ## Using the library
 
 Now that we can extract code from a document and link it all together
@@ -883,7 +889,6 @@ And now we take a single file name, extract the code, and if there are
 no error we write out a file for each appropriate code section.  And
 we are done.
 
-
 ##### client includes
 
 	#include <fcntl.h>