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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 092574855..d949973fb 100644
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+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -2703,7 +2703,7 @@ The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}.
Output the last @var{n} bytes, instead of final lines.
However, if @var{n} starts with a @samp{+}, start printing with the
@var{n}th byte from the start of each file, instead of from the end.
-Appending @samp{b} multiplies @var{bytes} by 512,
+Appending @samp{b} multiplies @var{n} by 512,
@samp{kB} by 1000, @samp{K} by 1024,
@samp{MB} by 1000*1000, @samp{M} by 1024*1024,
@samp{GB} by 1000*1000*1000, @samp{G} by 1024*1024*1024,