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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 9f6c734ca..ae3712dba 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7971,8 +7971,8 @@ Set both input and output block sizes to @var{bytes}.
This makes @command{dd} read and write @var{bytes} per block,
overriding any @samp{ibs} and @samp{obs} settings.
In addition, if no data-transforming @option{conv} option is specified,
-each input block is copied to the output as a single block,
-without aggregating short reads.
+input is copied to the output as soon as it's read,
+even if it is smaller than the block size.
@item cbs=@var{bytes}
@opindex cbs