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-rw-r--r--binutils/binutils.texi2
-rw-r--r--binutils/strings.16
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/binutils.texi b/binutils/binutils.texi
index c2f0404..395e2b1 100644
--- a/binutils/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/binutils.texi
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ strings [-afov] [-@var{min-len}] [-n @var{min-len}] [-t @var{radix}] [-]
For each @var{file} given, GNU @code{strings} prints the printable
character sequences that are at least 4 characters long (or the number
-given with the options below) and are followed by a NUL or newline
+given with the options below) and are followed by an unprintable
character. By default, it only prints the strings from the initialized
and loaded sections of object files; for other types of files, it prints
the strings from the whole file.
diff --git a/binutils/strings.1 b/binutils/strings.1
index 616a83e..88ab1d8 100644
--- a/binutils/strings.1
+++ b/binutils/strings.1
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ given, GNU \c
.B strings
prints the printable character sequences that are at least 4
characters long (or the number given with the options below) and are
-followed by a NUL or newline character. By default, it only prints
-the strings from the initialized and loaded sections of object files;
-for other types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file.
+followed by an unprintable character. By default, it only prints the
+strings from the initialized and loaded sections of object files; for
+other types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file.
.PP
.B strings