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@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ versions of lowercase options.
 
 .SH CAVEATS
 
-Output files are not truncated on ouput and are instead overwritten.
+Existing files are not truncated on ouput and are instead overwritten.
 
 .SH RATIONALE