diff --git a/1.2/index.bs b/1.2/index.bs
index 59ce6d4..a5f63da 100644
--- a/1.2/index.bs
+++ b/1.2/index.bs
@@ -656,10 +656,34 @@ Issue: [ocr_carea vs ocrx_block](https://github.com/kba/hocr-spec/issues/28)
 
 ### `ocrx_line`
 
-Issue: [ocr_line vs ocrx_line](https://github.com/kba/hocr-spec/issues/19)
-
-  * any kind of "line" returned by an OCR system that differs from the standard ocr_line above
+  * any kind of "line" returned by an OCR system that differs from [[#ocr_line]]
   * might be some kind of "logical" line
+  * examples include line continuations and rowspan in tables
+
+<div class="example">
+
+Consider the following snippet, containing a wide-spaced heading broken over
+two physical lines:
+
+<figure>
+  <img
+    width=600
+    alt="Wide spaced two line heading"
+    src="../images/akf-widespaced-heading.png"/>
+</figure>
+
+An OCR engine could produce the following output, indicating the two physical
+lines that form a single logical line:
+
+```html
+...
+<span class="ocrx_line">
+  <span class='ocr_line' title="bbox 16 16 860 47">Aus den Gewinn- und Verlust-</span>
+  <span class='ocr_line' title="bbox 302 62 603 98">rechnungen</span> 
+</span>
+...
+```
+</div>
 
 ### `ocrx_word`
 
diff --git a/1.2/index.html b/1.2/index.html
index f83ecca..7e8ed50 100644
--- a/1.2/index.html
+++ b/1.2/index.html
@@ -2124,13 +2124,29 @@ <h4 class="heading settled" data-level="9.1.1" id="ocrx_block"><span class="secn
      <p>engine-specific because the definition of a "block" depends on the engine</p>
    </ul>
    <h4 class="heading settled" data-level="9.1.2" id="ocrx_line"><span class="secno">9.1.2. </span><span class="content"><code>ocrx_line</code></span><a class="self-link" href="#ocrx_line"></a></h4>
-   <p class="issue" id="issue-8ef34561"><a class="self-link" href="#issue-8ef34561"></a> <a href="https://github.com/kba/hocr-spec/issues/19">ocr_line vs ocrx_line</a></p>
    <ul>
     <li data-md="">
-     <p>any kind of "line" returned by an OCR system that differs from the standard ocr_line above</p>
+     <p>any kind of "line" returned by an OCR system that differs from <a href="#ocr_line">§6.1.4 ocr_line</a></p>
     <li data-md="">
      <p>might be some kind of "logical" line</p>
+    <li data-md="">
+     <p>examples include line continuations and rowspan in tables</p>
    </ul>
+   <div class="example" id="example-3548e1d4">
+    <a class="self-link" href="#example-3548e1d4"></a> 
+    <p>Consider the following snippet, containing a wide-spaced heading broken over
+two physical lines:</p>
+    <figure> <img alt="Wide spaced two line heading" src="../images/akf-widespaced-heading.png" width="600"> </figure>
+    <p>An OCR engine could produce the following output, indicating the two physical
+lines that form a single logical line:</p>
+<pre class="language-html highlight">...
+<span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="nt">span</span> <span class="na">class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"ocrx_line"</span><span class="p">></span>
+  <span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="nt">span</span> <span class="na">class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">'ocr_line'</span> <span class="na">title</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"bbox 16 16 860 47"</span><span class="p">></span>Aus den Gewinn- und Verlust-<span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="p">/</span><span class="nt">span</span><span class="p">></span>
+  <span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="nt">span</span> <span class="na">class</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">'ocr_line'</span> <span class="na">title</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s">"bbox 302 62 603 98"</span><span class="p">></span>rechnungen<span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="p">/</span><span class="nt">span</span><span class="p">></span> 
+<span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="p">/</span><span class="nt">span</span><span class="p">></span>
+...
+</pre>
+   </div>
    <h4 class="heading settled" data-level="9.1.3" id="ocrx_word"><span class="secno">9.1.3. </span><span class="content"><code>ocrx_word</code></span><a class="self-link" href="#ocrx_word"></a></h4>
    <ul>
     <li data-md="">
@@ -2816,7 +2832,6 @@ <h2 class="no-num no-ref heading settled" id="issues-index"><span class="content
    <div class="issue"> There is currently no way of indicating anchoring or flow-around
 properties for floating elements; properties need to be defined for this.<a href="#issue-3f2f70ed"> ↵ </a></div>
    <div class="issue"> <a href="https://github.com/kba/hocr-spec/issues/28">ocr_carea vs ocrx_block</a><a href="#issue-66c198d9"> ↵ </a></div>
-   <div class="issue"> <a href="https://github.com/kba/hocr-spec/issues/19">ocr_line vs ocrx_line</a><a href="#issue-8ef34561"> ↵ </a></div>
    <div class="issue"> <a href="https://github.com/kba/hocr-spec/issues/9">Delete x_cost</a><a href="#issue-b35297dd"> ↵ </a></div>
    <div class="issue"> <a href="https://github.com/kba/hocr-spec/issues/2">XML namespace for hOCR HTML?</a><a href="#issue-f6d39356"> ↵ </a></div>
    <div class="issue"> <a href="https://github.com/kba/hocr-spec/issues/1">What DOCTYPE for hOCR HTML?</a><a href="#issue-a3899b99"> ↵ </a></div>
diff --git a/1.2/spec.md b/1.2/spec.md
index 212c9d0..f983ffe 100644
--- a/1.2/spec.md
+++ b/1.2/spec.md
@@ -627,10 +627,34 @@ Issue: [ocr_carea vs ocrx_block](https://github.com/kba/hocr-spec/issues/28)
 
 ### `ocrx_line`
 
-Issue: [ocr_line vs ocrx_line](https://github.com/kba/hocr-spec/issues/19)
-
-  * any kind of "line" returned by an OCR system that differs from the standard ocr_line above
+  * any kind of "line" returned by an OCR system that differs from [[#ocr_line]]
   * might be some kind of "logical" line
+  * examples include line continuations and rowspan in tables
+
+<div class="example">
+
+Consider the following snippet, containing a wide-spaced heading broken over
+two physical lines:
+
+<figure>
+  <img
+    width=600
+    alt="Wide spaced two line heading"
+    src="../images/akf-widespaced-heading.png"/>
+</figure>
+
+An OCR engine could produce the following output, indicating the two physical
+lines that form a single logical line:
+
+```html
+...
+<span class="ocrx_line">
+  <span class='ocr_line' title="bbox 16 16 860 47">Aus den Gewinn- und Verlust-</span>
+  <span class='ocr_line' title="bbox 302 62 603 98">rechnungen</span> 
+</span>
+...
+```
+</div>
 
 ### `ocrx_word`
 
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