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diff --git a/usr.bin/cut/cut.1 b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
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+++ b/usr.bin/cut/cut.1
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ Output fields are separated by a single occurrence of the field delimiter
character.
.It Fl n
Do not split multi-byte characters.
+Characters will only be output if at least one byte is selected, and,
+after a prefix of zero or more unselected bytes, the rest of the bytes
+that form the character are selected.
.It Fl s
Suppress lines with no field delimiter characters.
Unless specified, lines with no delimiters are passed through unmodified.
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