diff --git a/man5/core.5 b/man5/core.5
index 0c891cd43..b28774b62 100644
--- a/man5/core.5
+++ b/man5/core.5
@@ -571,7 +571,6 @@ as well as the number of the signal which triggered the core dump):
 # \fBsysctl \-w kernel.core_pattern="%e\-%s.core"\fP
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