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diff --git a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1 b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
index 01360a413a13..52c23b32493e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
+++ b/usr.bin/printf/printf.1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
.\" @(#)printf.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 3, 2004
+.Dd April 14, 2005
.Dt PRINTF 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -341,11 +341,9 @@ modifier may produce additional precision, depending on the hardware platform.)
hexadecimal character constants were deliberately not provided.
.Pp
The escape sequence \e000 is the string terminator.
-When present in the
-.Ar format ,
-the
-.Ar format
-will be truncated at the \e000 character.
+When present in the argument for the
+.Cm b
+format, the argument will be truncated at the \e000 character.
.Pp
Multibyte characters are not recognized in format strings (this is only
a problem if