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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index c26a53d5d..c229f987a 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -15964,8 +15964,10 @@ Factoring the product of the eighth and ninth Mersenne primes
takes about 30 milliseconds of CPU time on a 2.2 GHz Athlon.
@example
-M8=`echo 2^31-1|bc` ; M9=`echo 2^61-1|bc`
-/usr/bin/time -f '%U' factor $(echo "$M8 * $M9" | bc)
+M8=$(echo 2^31-1|bc)
+M9=$(echo 2^61-1|bc)
+n=$(echo "$M8 * $M9" | bc)
+/usr/bin/time -f %U factor $n
4951760154835678088235319297: 2147483647 2305843009213693951
0.03
@end example