Index: wget-1.14/doc/texi2pod.pl
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--- wget-1.14.orig/doc/texi2pod.pl
+++ wget-1.14/doc/texi2pod.pl
@@ -291,10 +291,10 @@ while(<$inf>) {
 	if (defined $1) {
             my $thing = $1;
             if ($ic =~ /\@asis/) {
-                $_ = "\n=item $thing\n";
+                $_ = "\n=item Z<>$thing\n";
             } else {
                 # Entity escapes prevent munging by the <> processing below.
-                $_ = "\n=item $ic\&LT;$thing\&GT;\n";
+                $_ = "\n=item Z<>$ic\&LT;$thing\&GT;\n";
             }
 	} else {
 	    $_ = "\n=item $ic\n";