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diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi
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@@ -1540,11 +1540,10 @@ build completes. Without this option, you would have had to kill the
@example
make >& makerr & tail --pid=$! -f makerr
@end example
-If you specify a @var{pid} that is not in use or that does not
-correspond to the process that is writing to the tailed files, then
-@code{tail} may terminate long before any @var{file}s stop growing
-or it may not terminate until long after the real writer process has
-terminated.
+If you specify a @var{pid} that is not in use or that does not correspond
+to the process that is writing to the tailed files, then @code{tail}
+may terminate long before any @var{file}s stop growing or it may not
+terminate until long after the real writer has terminated.
@itemx --max-consecutive-size-changes=@var{n}
@opindex --max-consecutive-size-changes