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--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/table.mdwn
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@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ or DSV (delimiter-separated values) format.
 ## examples
 
 	\[[!table data="""
-	Customer|Amount
-	Fulanito|134,34
+	Customer |Amount
+	Fulanito |134,34
 	Menganito|234,56
 	Menganito|234,56
 	"""]]
@@ -42,4 +42,9 @@ cells. For example:
   as the table header. Set it to "no" to make a table without a header, or
   "column" to make the first column be the header.
 
+For tab-delimited tables (often obtained by copying and pasting from HTML
+or a spreadsheet), `delimiter` must be set to a literal tab character. These
+are difficult to type in most web browsers - copying and pasting one from
+the table data is likely to be the easiest way.
+
 [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]