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diff --git a/builtins/printf.def b/builtins/printf.def
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--- a/builtins/printf.def
+++ b/builtins/printf.def
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ printf interprets:
%(fmt)T output the date-time string resulting from using FMT as a format
string for strftime(3)
+The format is re-used as necessary to consume all of the arguments. If
+there are fewer arguments than the format requires, extra format
+specifications behave as if a zero value or null string, as appropriate,
+had been supplied.
+
Exit Status:
Returns success unless an invalid option is given or a write or assignment
error occurs.