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@@ -1849,7 +1849,8 @@ output will be the original data.
@opindex -i
@opindex --ignore-garbage
@cindex Ignore garbage in base64 stream
-During decoding, ignore unrecognized characters (including newline),
+When decoding, newlines are always accepted.
+During decoding, ignore unrecognized bytes,
to permit distorted data to be decoded.
@end table