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diff --git a/doc/plugins/table.mdwn b/doc/plugins/table.mdwn
index 569e56982..6920c8f80 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/table.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/table.mdwn
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ It needs the perl module [[cpan Text::CSV]] for the CSV data.
 ## examples
 
 	\[[table data="""
-	Customer|Amount|
-	Fulanito|134,34|
-	Menganito|234,56|
+	Customer|Amount
+	Fulanito|134,34
+	Menganito|234,56
+	Menganito|234,56
 	"""]]
     
 	\[[table class="book_record" format=csv file="data/books/record1"]]
@@ -22,6 +23,15 @@ In this second example the `record1` page should be similar to:
 	"Author","Damian Conway"
 	"Publisher","O’Reilly"
 
+To make a cell span multiple columns, follow it with one or more empty
+cells. For example:
+
+	\[[table data="""
+	left||right|
+	a|b|c|d
+	this cell spans 4 columns|||
+	"""]]
+
 ## usage
 
 * `data` - Values for the table.
@@ -31,5 +41,5 @@ In this second example the `record1` page should be similar to:
 * `delimiter` - The character used to separate fields. By default,
    DSV format uses a pipe (`|`), and CSV uses a comma (`,`).
 * `class` - A CSS class for the table html element.
-* `header` - Set to 0 to make a table without a header. By default,
+* `header` - Set to "no" to make a table without a header. By default,
   the first data line is used as the table header.