clarify markdown does work in cells

diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/table.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/table.mdwn
index a6692f92c59eaa24a3414c6774e17ea1426af055..3e791778978e42b87d20d55eeee813555c338408 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/table.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/table.mdwn
@@ -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
@@ -47,4 +47,7 @@ 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"]]