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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-09-16 19:54:29 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2001-09-16 19:54:29 +0000
commit4b44b870dea47708783d4a038f80590665bd2021 (patch)
tree110f7237abfcad2ebf7508ca87df92b8eb3b419c
parentde8600a83e7e51b3ad9f26586507e66ff18caaf2 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-4b44b870dea47708783d4a038f80590665bd2021.tar.xz
Add note to help people understand this documentation
may not refer to the (shell built-in) command they're running.
-rw-r--r--man/printf.x5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/printf.x b/man/printf.x
index 6489ec53e..2e0ded368 100644
--- a/man/printf.x
+++ b/man/printf.x
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
[NAME]
printf \- format and print data
[DESCRIPTION]
-.\" Add any additional description here
+NOTE: your shell may have its own version of printf which will supercede
+the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
+for details about the options it supports.
+