I am not a native speaker, but printf(3) "interprets" the conversion
specifiers, it does not "interpolate" them, right?

        Jan

Index: printf.3
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RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libc/stdio/printf.3,v
retrieving revision 1.78
diff -u -p -r1.78 printf.3
--- printf.3    2 Jan 2018 08:05:03 -0000       1.78
+++ printf.3    11 Apr 2018 20:53:05 -0000
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ This holds true even if the string has b
 using a function like
 .Fn snprintf ,
 as the resulting string may still contain user-supplied conversion specifiers
-for later interpolation by
+for later interpretation by
 .Fn printf .
 .Pp
 Be sure to use the proper secure idiom:

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