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diff --git a/text-utils/hexdump.1 b/text-utils/hexdump.1
index af8433d74..25a17ea46 100644
--- a/text-utils/hexdump.1
+++ b/text-utils/hexdump.1
@@ -225,13 +225,13 @@ conversion string except that it is only performed once, when all of the
input data has been processed.
.TP
.B \&_c
-Output characters in the default character set. Nonprinting characters are
+Output characters in the default character set. Non-printing characters are
displayed in three-character, zero-padded octal, except for those
representable by standard escape notation (see above), which are displayed as
two-character strings.
.TP
.B \&_p
-Output characters in the default character set. Nonprinting characters are
+Output characters in the default character set. Non-printing characters are
displayed as a single
.RB ' \&. '.
.TP