 			
 			# Flow control/conditional requests
 			name: "meta.function.request.$1.roff"
-			begin: "^([.'])[ \t]*(ie|if|el)(?=[ \t\\\\]|$)"
+			begin: "^([.'])[ \t]*(ie|if|el)"
 			end: "(?<!\\\\)(?=\n)"
 			beginCaptures:
 				1: {name: "punctuation.definition.request.roff"}

			
			# Underlined passage
			name: "meta.request.ul.roff"
			begin: "^([.'])[ \t]*(ul)(?=[ \t\\\\]|$)(.*?)$"
			end:   "[^\n ]+\n"
			patterns: [{ include: "$self" }]
			beginCaptures:

			# .TH: Title
			name: "markup.heading.title.man.macro.roff"
			patterns: [{include: "#params"}]
			begin: "^([.'])[ \t]*(TH)"
			end: "$"
			beginCaptures:
				1: {name: "punctuation.definition.macro.roff"}
