From: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:39:48 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: man-pages.7: The linker flag is not always necessary
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man-pages.7: The linker flag is not always necessary

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Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index e80ad55a24..99bfa400f0 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ The library providing a symbol.
 It shows the common name of the library,
 and in parentheses,
 the name of the library file
-and the linker flag needed to link a program against it:
-.RI ( libfoo ", " -lfoo ).
+and, if needed, the linker flag needed to link a program against it:
+.RI ( libfoo "[, " -lfoo ]).
 .TP
 .B SYNOPSIS
 A brief summary of the command or function's interface.