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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
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@@ -3082,7 +3082,8 @@ specified, the suffix string must include exactly one
@code{printf(3)}-style conversion specification, possibly including
format specification flags, a field width, a precision specifications,
or all of these kinds of modifiers. The format letter must convert a
-binary integer argument to readable form; thus, only @samp{d}, @samp{i},
+binary unsigned integer argument to readable form. The format letters
+@samp{d} and @samp{i} are aliases for @samp{u}, and the
@samp{u}, @samp{o}, @samp{x}, and @samp{X} conversions are allowed. The
entire @var{suffix} is given (with the current output file number) to
@code{sprintf(3)} to form the file name suffixes for each of the