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diff --git a/man7/units.7 b/man7/units.7 index 08a4691bdb..87e7fb6f74 100644 --- a/man7/units.7 +++ b/man7/units.7 @@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ See also http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html .RE .SS Binary prefixes -The binary prefixes resemble the decimal ones, but have an additional \'i\' -(and "Ki" starts with a capital \'K\'). +The binary prefixes resemble the decimal ones, +but have an additional \(aqi\(aq +(and "Ki" starts with a capital \(aqK\(aq). The names are formed by taking the first syllable of the names of the decimal prefix with roughly the same size, followed by "bi" for "binary". |