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`--tabstop` allows the user to set the tab stop (which defaults to 4).
`--strict` specifies that strict markdown syntax is to be used, without
-pandoc's usual extensions and variants (described below).
+pandoc's usual extensions and variants (described below). When the
+input format is not markdown, this means that constructs that have no
+equivalents in standard markdown (e.g. definition lists or strikeout
+text) will not be parsed.
`--reference-links` causes reference-style links to be used in markdown
and reStructuredText output. By default inline links are used.