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diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/table.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/table.mdwn
index e27a94b7c..3e7917789 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/table.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/table.mdwn
@@ -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
 	"""]]
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cells. For example:
 	\[[!table data="""
 	left||right|
 	a|b|c|d
-	this cell spans 4 columns|||
+	this cell spans **4** columns|||
 	"""]]
 
 ## usage
@@ -42,4 +42,12 @@ 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.
+
+Note that the contents of table cells can contain arbitrary ikiwiki and
+markdown markup.
+
 [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]