diff -urNp linuxdoc-tools-0.9.21/lib/dist/fmt_txt.pl devel/lib/dist/fmt_txt.pl
--- linuxdoc-tools-0.9.21/lib/dist/fmt_txt.pl	2001-12-23 14:08:49.000000000 +0100
+++ devel/lib/dist/fmt_txt.pl	2007-06-19 14:35:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ my $txt_escape = sub {
 
     $data =~ s|"|\\\&\"|g;	# Insert zero-width space in front of "
     $data =~ s|^\.|\\&.|;	# ditto in front of . at start of line
+    $data =~ s|^\'|\\&\'|;      # ditto in front of ' at start of line
     $data =~ s|\\|\\\\|g;	# Escape backslashes
 
     return ($data);