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diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi
index 8bea76d607a65ee9a20513e013635ec7df5e66e9..9303c0aba0c74aebe611fbfa6421ef4e20e6d009 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/textutils.texi
+++ b/doc/textutils.texi
@@ -2226,6 +2226,8 @@ Each element in @var{field-list} consists of a file number (either 1 or
 the list are separated by commas or blanks.  Multiple @var{field-list}
 arguments can be given after a single @samp{-o} option; the values
 of all lists given with @samp{-o} are concatenated together.
+All output lines -- including those printed because of any -a or -v
+option -- are subject to the specified @var{field-list}.
 
 @item -t @var{char}
 Use character @var{char} as the input and output field separator.