diff --git a/man/matrix_form.tabular.Rd b/man/matrix_form.tabular.Rd
index fd1257e..fc21529 100644
--- a/man/matrix_form.tabular.Rd
+++ b/man/matrix_form.tabular.Rd
@@ -55,9 +55,14 @@ if (requireNamespace("formatters")) {
   }
   
   # This gives the breaks by columns, counting the
-  # row label columns:
-  bycol <- formatters::vert_pag_indices(mform, cpp = 30,  rep_cols = 2,
+  # row label columns.  
+  # The formatters::vert_pag_indices function had an incompatible
+  # change in v0.5.8
+  if (packageVersion("formatters") >= "0.5.8") 
+    bycol <- formatters::vert_pag_indices(mform, cpp = 30,  rep_cols = 2,
                                         fontspec = formatters::font_spec())
+  else
+    bycol <- formatters::vert_pag_indices(mform, cpp = 30,  rep_cols = 2)
   # Display the table with both kinds of breaks
   for (i in seq_along(byrow)) {
     rows <- byrow[[i]]