gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 314bf6a540ac076fe4222f683c064684c5dadb43
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Jun 2 14:57:37 2025 -0500
doc/*,man/*: Tighten wording.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 4 ++--
man/groff.7.man | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 8591a45ce..3560332b0 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -5697,13 +5697,13 @@ see
@cindex invalid input characters
@cindex input characters, invalid
@cindex characters, invalid input
-A subset of control characters
+Some control characters
(from the sets ``C0 Controls'' and ``C1 Controls''
as Unicode describes them)
are invalid as input characters.
GNU
@command{troff} @c GNU
-discards such characters instead of interpreting them.@footnote{It also
+discards them upon reading.@footnote{It also
emits a warning in category
@samp{input}.
@xref{Warnings}.}
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 6e4000809..e9928ae6c 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -358,14 +358,14 @@ see
.
.
.P
-A subset of control characters
+Some control characters
(from the sets \[lq]C0 Controls\[rq] and \[lq]C1 Controls\[rq]
as Unicode describes them)
are invalid as input characters.
.
GNU
.I troff \" GNU
-discards such characters instead of interpreting them.
+discards them upon reading.
(It also emits a warning in category
\[lq]input\[rq];
see section \[lq]Warnings\[rq]
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