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@@ -1908,14 +1908,15 @@ of each output line using each of the data types that you specified,
in the order that you specified.
Adding a trailing ``z'' to any type specification appends a display
-of the ASCII character representation of the printable characters
+of the single byte character representation of the printable characters
to the output line generated by the type specification.
@table @samp
@item a
named character, ignoring high-order bit
@item c
-ASCII character or backslash escape,
+printable single byte character, C backslash escape
+or a 3 digit octal sequence
@item d
signed decimal
@item f
@@ -2003,8 +2004,8 @@ Output as octal bytes. Equivalent to @samp{-t o1}.
@item -c
@opindex -c
-Output as ASCII characters or backslash escapes. Equivalent to
-@samp{-t c}.
+Output as printable single byte characters, C backslash escapes
+or 3 digit octal sequences. Equivalent to @samp{-t c}.
@item -d
@opindex -d