diff --git a/src/man/main.c b/src/man/main.c
index ff2810897..297e8c52b 100644
--- a/src/man/main.c
+++ b/src/man/main.c
@@ -351,11 +351,13 @@ draw_domnode(struct ncplane* p, const pagedom* dom, const pagenode* n,
           putpara(p, n->text);
         }
       }else{
-        ncplane_set_styles(p, NCSTYLE_BOLD | NCSTYLE_ITALIC);
-        ncplane_set_fg_rgb(p, 0xff6a00);
-        ncplane_putstr_aligned(p, -1, NCALIGN_CENTER, n->text);
-        ncplane_set_fg_default(p);
-        ncplane_set_styles(p, NCSTYLE_NONE);
+        if(n->text){
+          ncplane_set_styles(p, NCSTYLE_BOLD | NCSTYLE_ITALIC);
+          ncplane_set_fg_rgb(p, 0xff6a00);
+          ncplane_putstr_aligned(p, -1, NCALIGN_CENTER, n->text);
+          ncplane_set_fg_default(p);
+          ncplane_set_styles(p, NCSTYLE_NONE);
+        }
       }
       *wrotetext = true;
       break;
diff --git a/src/man/parse.c b/src/man/parse.c
index 51609cccd..fd3f1de69 100644
--- a/src/man/parse.c
+++ b/src/man/parse.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const trofftype* get_type(const struct troffnode* trie, const unsigned char** ws
   ++*ws;
   --len;
   while(len && !isspace(**ws) && **ws){
-    if(**ws > sizeof(trie->next) / sizeof(*trie->next)){ // illegal command
+    if(**ws >= sizeof(trie->next) / sizeof(*trie->next)){ // illegal command
       return NULL;
     }
     if((trie = trie->next[**ws]) == NULL){