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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 229154281..3a04176c7 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -3137,7 +3137,9 @@ prints both the byte counts and the word counts. With the @option{--max-line-length} option, @command{wc} prints the length of the longest line per file, and if there is more than one file it -prints the maximum (not the sum) of those lengths. +prints the maximum (not the sum) of those lengths. The line lengths here +are measured in screen columns, according to the current locale and +assuming tab positions in every 8th column. The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. |