1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/maint/checkOptionDocs.pl.in b/scripts/maint/checkOptionDocs.pl.in
index 2d4a7884f5..d2c2a838d6 100644
--- a/scripts/maint/checkOptionDocs.pl.in
+++ b/scripts/maint/checkOptionDocs.pl.in
@@ -41,9 +41,16 @@ loadTorrc("@abs_top_srcdir@/src/config/torrc.sample.in", \%torrcSampleOptions);
 my $considerNextLine = 0;
 open(F, "@abs_top_srcdir@/doc/man/tor.1.txt") or die;
 while (<F>) {
-    if (m!^(?:\[\[([A-za-z0-9_]+)\]\] *)?\*\*([A-Za-z0-9_]+)\*\*!) {
+    if (m!^(?:\[\[([A-za-z0-9_]+)\]\] *)?\*\*([A-Za-z0-9_]+)\*\*! && $considerNextLine) {
         $manPageOptions{$2} = 1;
         print "Missing an anchor: $2\n" unless (defined $1 or $2 eq 'tor');
+        $considerNextLine = 1;
+    } elsif (m!^\s*$! or
+             m!^\s*\+\s*$! or
+             m!^\s*//!) {
+        $considerNextLine = 1;
+    } else {
+        $considerNextLine = 0;
     }
 }
 close F;