diff --git a/prog/2_column_crop_input.pdf b/prog/2_column_crop_input.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9086c5888
Binary files /dev/null and b/prog/2_column_crop_input.pdf differ
diff --git a/prog/compresspdf.c b/prog/compresspdf.c
index 84639290a..eb47f303b 100644
--- a/prog/compresspdf.c
+++ b/prog/compresspdf.c
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@
  *    required) to have a '.pdf' extension.
  *
  *    As the first step in processing, images are saved in the directory
- *    /tmp/lept/renderpdf/, as RGB at 300 ppi in ppm format.  Each image
- *    is about 26MB.
+ *    /tmp/lept/renderpdf/, as RGB at either 150 or 300 ppi in ppm format.
+ *    Each image about 6MB at 150 ppi, or 25MB at 300 ppi.
  *
  *    We use pdftoppm to render the images at (typically) 150 pixels/inch
  *    for a full page, when scalefactor = 1.0.  The renderer uses the
diff --git a/prog/croppdf.c b/prog/croppdf.c
index 158a8e2cc..7891ff4e0 100644
--- a/prog/croppdf.c
+++ b/prog/croppdf.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
  *    The pdf output is written to %fileout.  It is advisable (but not
  *    required) to have a '.pdf' extension.
  *
- *    The first processing step is render images from the pdf as $GB
+ *    The first processing step is render images from the pdf as RGB
  *    at 300 ppi in ppm format, and to seve them in the directory
  *    /tmp/lept/renderpdf/.
  *
diff --git a/prog/misctest2.c b/prog/misctest2.c
index 8e58b6327..a4db2d99e 100644
--- a/prog/misctest2.c
+++ b/prog/misctest2.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
  *        * Page cropping with light filtering
  *        * Page cropping with removal of fg on left and right sides
  *        * Demonstrate image cleaning function
+ *        * Demonstrat page cropping for 2-column, where one column is
+ *          Kanji, and removing lots of junk on left and right sides.
  */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@
 int main(int    argc,
          char **argv)
 {
+char   buf[256];
 PIX   *pix1, *pix2, *pix3;
 PIXA  *pixa1;
 
@@ -67,6 +70,21 @@ PIXA  *pixa1;
     pixDestroy(&pix1);
     pixDestroy(&pix2);
 
+        /* Page cropping for 2 columns with junk on left and right sides,
+         * This is the 2-column introductory material from Bruggen's
+         * transcription of Bach's Cello Suites 1-3.  The right column
+         * is kanji, which is relatively weak for coalescing into
+         * connected blocks.  So it is necessary to include a
+         * horizontal close/open of size 3, and in the algorithm, the
+         * vertical close/open needs to be at least 70 at 4x reduction. */
+    lept_mkdir("lept/2_column");
+    lept_cp("2_column_crop_input.pdf", "lept/2_column", "input.pdf", NULL);
+    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+        "croppdf /tmp/lept/2_column 50 50 -1 70 70 1.12 0"
+        " none /tmp/lept/misc/2_column_crop_result.pdf");
+    lept_stderr("Writing /tmp/lept/misc/2_column_crop_result.pdf\n");
+    callSystemDebug(buf);
+
         /* Page cleaning */
     pixa1 = pixaCreate(3);
     pix1 = pixRead("tel_3.tif");