Explain how to get a literal % in format files.

diff --git a/man/mh-format.man b/man/mh-format.man
index dc2d9b0cb598e65710399ce55ba4714f85b2c5c9..7ac0bc0ddddd3b00752e895479fd3fbb530e4dbe 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mh-format.man
+++ b/man/mh-format.man
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ A format string consists of ordinary text, and special multi-character
 escape sequences which begin with `%'.  When specifying a format
 string, the usual C backslash characters are honored: `\\b', `\\f',
 `\\n', `\\r', and `\\t'.  Continuation lines in format files end with
-`\\' followed by the newline character.
+`\\' followed by the newline character. A literal `%' can be inserted into
+a format file by using the sequence `%%'.
 .\" TALK ABOUT SYNTAX FIRST, THEN SEMANTICS
 .SS SYNTAX
 Format strings are built around