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diff --git a/man3/printf.3 b/man3/printf.3
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@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ No argument is converted.
The complete conversion
specification is \[aq]%%\[aq].
.SH RETURN VALUE
-Upon successful return, these functions return the number of characters
+Upon successful return, these functions return the number of bytes
printed (excluding the null byte used to end output to strings).
.P
The functions