On x86_64-freebsd, I ran into:
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$ gdb -q -batch -ex "maint selftest help_doc_invariants"
Running selftest help_doc_invariants.
help doc broken invariant: command 'kvm pcb' help doc first line is not \
terminated with a '.' character
Self test failed: self-test failed at command-def-selftests.c:120