Index: trunk/doc/developer/indent.html
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/developer/indent.html	(revision 14246)
+++ trunk/doc/developer/indent.html	(revision 14247)
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 <p>
 We have a <a href="indent_fdecl.patch">patch</a> against indent 2.2.11 to
 fix this.
+<p>
+We do not use tabs for aligning code in columns; we use tabs exclusively
+to indicate levels logical alignment. indent(1) attempts to align the
+right-side comments using tabs. We have a <a href="indent_cmt.patch">patch</a>
+against indent 2.2.11 to change this when column is set to 0.
 
 </body>
 </html>
Index: trunk/doc/developer/indent_cmt.patch
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/developer/indent_cmt.patch	(nonexistent)
+++ trunk/doc/developer/indent_cmt.patch	(revision 14247)
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -uri indent-2.2.11.orig/src/comments.c indent-2.2.11/src/comments.c
+--- indent-2.2.11.orig/src/comments.c	2018-01-26 13:45:48.474640060 +0100
++++ indent-2.2.11/src/comments.c	2018-01-26 14:47:06.867653819 +0100
+@@ -339,7 +339,13 @@
+          start_column = count_columns (compute_label_target (), s_lab, NULL_CHAR);
+       }
+ 
+-      if (start_column < target)
++      if (target == 0)
++      {
++         /* 0 means start right after the end of the line, adding a space, no alignment */
++         *e_com++ = ' ';
++         column++;
++      }
++      else if (start_column < target)
+       {
+          start_column = target;
+       }