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diff --git a/share/man/man9/printf.9 b/share/man/man9/printf.9
--- a/share/man/man9/printf.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/printf.9
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd April 14, 2023
+.Dd April 25, 2023
.Dt PRINTF 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -94,11 +94,13 @@
These are used as a register value and a print mask for decoding bitmasks.
The print mask is made up of two parts: the base and the
arguments.
-The base value is the output base expressed as an integer value;
+The base value is the output base (radix) expressed as an octal value;
for example, \e10 gives octal and \e20 gives hexadecimal.
The arguments are made up of a sequence of bit identifiers.
-Each bit identifier begins with an integer value which is the number of the
-bit (starting from 1) this identifier describes.
+Each bit identifier begins with an
+.Em octal
+value which is the number of the bit (starting from 1) this identifier
+describes.
The rest of the identifier is a string of characters containing the name of
the bit.
The string is terminated by either the bit number at the start of the next
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