--- doc/meintro.me.orig	2004-06-12 08:24:08.000000000 -0500
+++ doc/meintro.me	2011-12-26 04:42:27.000000000 -0600
@@ -456,6 +456,14 @@
 .q "My thoughts on the subject" ,
 followed by a single blank line.
 .pp
+This request will not leave space at the top of a page.
+If you need the requested space to appear regardless of page position,
+use the
+.b .bl
+macro, which has the same syntax as
+.b .sp
+but always leaves the requested space, even at the top of a page.
+.pp
 The
 .b .in \ \c
 .i +N
--- doc/meref.me.orig	2011-07-20 13:44:50.000000000 -0500
+++ doc/meref.me	2013-11-12 00:41:17.000000000 -0600
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@
 contiguous white space,
 on the next page if not enough room
 on this page.
-Equivalent to a
+Equivalent to putting a
 .b .sp
 .i N
 inside a block.
@@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@
 \&.bc	M	begin new column
 \&.bi	M	bold italic
 \en(bi	R	display (block) indent
-\&.bl	M	blank lines (even at top of page)
+\&.bl	M	blank lines (even at top of page, in contrast to .sp)
 \en(bm	R	bottom title margin
 \&.bp	M\(sc	begin page
 \&.br	M\(sc	break (start new line)
@@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@
 \&.sm	M	set argument in a smaller pointsize
 \&.so	M\(sc	source input file
 \en(so	R	additional section title offset
-\&.sp	M\(sc	vertical space
+\&.sp	M\(sc	vertical space (except at top of page, in contrast to .bl)
 \en(sp	R	section title pointsize
 \en(ss	R	section prespace
 \&.sx	M	change section depth
--- tmac/groff_me.man.orig	2012-08-08 17:48:50.000000000 -0500
+++ tmac/groff_me.man	2013-11-11 23:45:54.000000000 -0600
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 Many
 .I troff
 requests are unsafe in conjunction with
-this package, however, these requests may be used with
+this package; however, these requests may be used with
 impunity after the first .pp:
 .TS
 l l.
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 \&.ul n	underline next n lines
 .TE
 .PP
+Unlike its default behavior, under the -me macros
+the .sp request will not put space at the top of a page.
+.PP
 Output of the
 .I pic,
 .I eqn,