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@@ -790,8 +790,8 @@ Some examples:
 
 Finally, note that "re-create" and "recreate" are two different verbs,
 and the former is probably what you want.
-.SS Real hyphen character
-Where a real hyphen character is required (e.g., for numbers such as \-1,
+.SS Real minus character
+Where a real minus character is required (e.g., for numbers such as \-1,
 or when writing options that have a leading dash, such as in
 .IR "ls\ \-l"),
 use the following form in the man page source