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diff --git a/usr.bin/make/make.1 b/usr.bin/make/make.1
index b358da0..f08fb76 100644
--- a/usr.bin/make/make.1
+++ b/usr.bin/make/make.1
@@ -618,16 +618,15 @@ The colon may be escaped with a backslash
.No \&/ Op Cm 1g
.Xc
.Sm on
-The
-.Cm C
-modifier is just like the
-.Cm S
-modifier except that the old and new strings, instead of being
-simple strings, are an extended regular expression (see
+Modify each word of the value,
+substituting every match of the extended regular expression
+.Ar pattern
+(see
.Xr re_format 7 )
-and an
+with the
.Xr ed 1 Ns \-style
-replacement string.
+.Ar replacement
+string.
Normally, the first occurrence of the pattern in
each word of the value is changed.
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