diff --git a/usr.bin/indent/indent.1 b/usr.bin/indent/indent.1
index 1720c99785f9..822f64f4e8eb 100644
--- a/usr.bin/indent/indent.1
+++ b/usr.bin/indent/indent.1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)indent.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 7/1/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd July 1, 1993
+.Dd Februrary 13, 2004
 .Dt INDENT 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ lines will be indented that far from the beginning of the first line of the
 statement.  Parenthesized expressions have extra indentation added to
 indicate the nesting, unless
 .Fl \&lp
-is in effect.
+is in effect
+or the contination indent is exactly half of the main indent.
 .Fl \&ci
 defaults to the same value as
 .Fl i  .
diff --git a/usr.bin/indent/io.c b/usr.bin/indent/io.c
index 7af2d19b7a41..3a2eaf4ff935 100644
--- a/usr.bin/indent/io.c
+++ b/usr.bin/indent/io.c
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ compute_code_target(void)
 
     if (ps.paren_level)
 	if (!lineup_to_parens)
-	    target_col += continuation_indent * ps.paren_level;
+	    target_col += continuation_indent
+		* (2 * continuation_indent == ps.ind_size ? 1 : ps.paren_level);
 	else {
 	    int w;
 	    int t = paren_target;