commit bbf9739e6b0f3120cd6972c9bad0720ab484ac97
Author: sin <[email protected]>
Date: Thu Jan 22 17:50:07 2015 +0000
Clarify mechanics in grep.1
diff --git a/grep.1 b/grep.1
index a44f015..bb43a2c 100644
--- a/grep.1
+++ b/grep.1
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Select lines which do
.B not
Match the pattern.
.It Fl w
-The expression is searched for as a word (as if surrounded by '[[:<:]]' and
'[[:>:]]').
+The expression is searched for as a word (as if surrounded by '\<' and '\>').
.It Fl x
Consider only input lines that use all characters in the line excluding the
terminating <newline> to
match an entire fixed string or regular expression to be matching lines.
