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commit 0f94cfe4d7f0719008a1a252bd4d8e047274741d
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Apr 22 10:03:50 2026 -0500
[doc,man]: Tweak description of groff's -V option.
Also break Texinfo input lines in a roff-friendly way.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 9 ++++++---
src/roff/groff/groff.1.man | 2 +-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index ea82b13c4..e29ba2aa1 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -1575,9 +1575,12 @@ processed in the usual way, passing @option{-v} to the
formatter and any
pre- or postprocessors invoked.
@item -V
-Output the pipeline that @command{groff} would run to the standard
-output stream and exit. If given more than once, @command{groff} both
-writes the pipeline to the standard error stream and runs it.
+Write the command pipeline that
+@command{groff}
+would run to the standard output stream and exit.
+If given more than once,
+@command{groff}
+both writes the pipeline to the standard error stream and runs it.
@item -w @var{cat}
@itemx -W @var{cat}
diff --git a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
index dc784be4d..2a41cba3d 100644
--- a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ to the formatter and any pre- or postprocessors invoked.
.
.TP
.B \-V
-Output the pipeline that
+Write the command pipeline that
.I groff
would run to the standard output stream and exit.
.
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