From: Ken Hornstein <kenh@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 17:37:26 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Explain how to get a literal % in format files.
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Explain how to get a literal % in format files.
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d8113caa79d83b9f7273bde24f6462c59a5b33c2
diff --git a/man/mh-format.man b/man/mh-format.man
index dc2d9b0c..7ac0bc0d 100644
--- 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