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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index e5e27eb88..75875d88c 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -5210,8 +5210,9 @@ This is a GNU extension.
@opindex -u
@opindex --unique
@cindex unique lines, outputting
-Discard the first repeated line. When used by itself, this option
-causes @command{uniq} to print unique lines, and nothing else.
+Discard the last line that would be output for a repeated input group.
+When used by itself, this option causes @command{uniq} to print unique
+lines, and nothing else.
@item -w @var{n}
@itemx --check-chars=@var{n}