--- docbook-utils-0.6.14.orig/helpers/docbook2man-spec.pl
+++ docbook-utils-0.6.14/helpers/docbook2man-spec.pl
@@ -1199,8 +1199,8 @@
 	$_[0] =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
 
 	# Escape dots and single quotes in column 1
-	$_[0] =~ s/^\./\\\&\./;
-	$_[0] =~ s/^\'/\\\&\'/;
+	$_[0] =~ s/^[ \t]*\./\\\&\./;
+	$_[0] =~ s/^[ \t]*\'/\\\&\'/;
 
 	# In non-'pre'-type elements:
 	if(!$nocollapse_whitespace) {
--- docbook-utils-0.6.14.orig/helpers/docbook2texi-spec.pl
+++ docbook-utils-0.6.14/helpers/docbook2texi-spec.pl
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@
 ## Print the URL
 sgml('<ULINK>', sub {
 	if($skip_inline++) { return; }	# hopefully doesn't happen
-	output '@uref{', output $_[0]->attribute('URL'), ', '
+	output '@uref{', $_[0]->attribute('URL')->value, ', '
 });
 sgml('</ULINK>', sub {
 	output '}' unless --$skip_inline;
@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@
 sgml('|[lt    ]|', "<");
 sgml('|[gt    ]|', ">");
 sgml('|[amp   ]|', "&");
+sgml('|[ndash ]|', "-");
 
 #
 # Default handlers (uncomment these if needed).  Right now, these are set