(csplit invocation):

The regexp offset need not have a sign; POSIX requires support
for signless offets.

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 812e4a16a29dcbbe3670c0af07eada317f22ae8c..4e403ea99c1ae245fcaabe9629647174c962f874 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -2414,8 +2414,8 @@ file once for each repeat.
 @item /@var{regexp}/[@var{offset}]
 Create an output file containing the current line up to (but not
 including) the next line of the input file that contains a match for
-@var{regexp}.  The optional @var{offset} is a @samp{+} or @samp{-}
-followed by a positive integer.  If it is given, the input up to the
+@var{regexp}.  The optional @var{offset} is an integer.
+If it is given, the input up to (but not including) the
 matching line plus or minus @var{offset} is put into the output file,
 and the line after that begins the next section of input.