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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-07-26 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+
+ * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Mention that missing
+ pieces of information are marked with "?". From Paul Eggert.
+
2006-07-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
* perm.texi (Directory Setuid and Setgid): Explain that this is a
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index dacac7df9..64accb03c 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -5795,7 +5795,8 @@ uniquely identifies each file within a particular file system.)
In addition to the name of each file, print the file type, file mode bits,
number of hard links, owner name, group name, size, and
timestamp (@pxref{Formatting file timestamps}), normally
-the modification time.
+the modification time. Print question marks for information that
+cannot be determined.
Normally the size is printed as a byte count without punctuation, but
this can be overridden (@pxref{Block size}). For example, @option{-h}