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commit 6895f52805766c5fc620d16b8dd958e519ed659d
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Dec 17 15:24:27 2025 -0600
[doc,man]: Tighten description of `opena` request.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 5 ++---
man/groff_diff.7.man | 7 ++-----
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 080628b1e..9888b4e2e 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -18668,10 +18668,9 @@ The
@code{opena}
request is like
@code{open},
-but if
+but appends to
@var{file}
-already exists,
-appends to it instead of overwriting it.
+if it already exists instead of overwriting it.
@cindex safer mode
@cindex mode, safer
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index 1755ab07d..9dba44aec 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -3725,12 +3725,9 @@ and
.I file
As
.RB \[lq] open \[rq],
-but if
+but appends to
.I file
-already exists,
-GNU
-.I troff \" GNU
-appends to it instead of overwriting it.
+if it already exists instead of overwriting it.
.
.
.TP
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