From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:40:29 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: doc: mention workaround for combining hex floats with suffixes
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doc: mention workaround for combining hex floats with suffixes

* doc/coreutils.texi (hexDuration): Mention the p style exponent trick.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 2d1f162aa4..d1c282f562 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -18914,8 +18914,8 @@ C locale (@pxref{Floating point}) followed by an optional unit:
 @samp{d} for days
 @end display
 @macro hexDuration
-Note it's best to avoid combining suffixes with hexadecimal arguments,
-as any @samp{d} will @emph{not} be interpreted as a suffix.
+A hexadecimal number can precede a @samp{d} suffix only if the number
+has a @samp{p} style exponent, e.g., @samp{0x1p0d} means one day.
 @end macro
 @hexDuration
 A duration of 0 disables the associated timeout.