diff -r dd1a95ccbe07 -r d2006e6d1d59 doc/rst2man.py
--- a/doc/rst2man.py	Sun Nov 08 11:46:38 2009 +0100
+++ b/doc/rst2man.py	Sun Nov 08 16:16:21 2009 +0100
@@ -1048,7 +1048,8 @@
             raise nodes.SkipNode
         elif self.section_level == 1:
             self.body.append('.SH ')
-            node[:] = nodes.Text(node.astext().upper())
+            for n in node.traverse(nodes.Text):
+                n.parent.replace(n, nodes.Text(n.astext().upper()))
         else:
             self.body.append('.SS ')