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@@ -868,6 +868,8 @@ Finally, note that "re-create" and "recreate" are two different verbs,
and the former is probably what you want.
.SS Real minus character
Where a real minus character is required (e.g., for numbers such as \-1,
+for man page cross references such as
+.BR utf\-8 (7),
or when writing options that have a leading dash, such as in
.IR "ls\ \-l"),
use the following form in the man page source: