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

			# .SH: Section heading
			name: "markup.heading.section.man.macro.roff"
			patterns: [{include: "#params"}]
			begin: "^([.'])[ \t]*(SH)(?=[ \t]|$)"
			end: "$"
			beginCaptures:
				1: {name: "punctuation.definition.macro.roff"}

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