@@ -830,9 +830,10 @@ Options affecting specific writers
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831831`--ascii`
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833−: Use only ASCII characters in output. Currently supported only for
834− HTML and DocBook output (which uses numerical entities instead of
835− UTF-8 when this option is selected).
833+: Use only ASCII characters in output. Currently supported for
834+ XML and HTML formats (which use numerical entities instead of
835+ UTF-8 when this option is selected) and for groff ms and man
836+ (which use hexadecimal escapes).
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837838`--reference-links`
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