-.\" $OpenBSD: printf.1,v 1.25 2010/10/21 13:20:51 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: printf.1,v 1.26 2014/05/13 20:37:48 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)printf.1 5.11 (Berkeley) 7/24/91
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: October 21 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 13 2014 $
.Dt PRINTF 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
Specifies that the value should be printed in an
.Dq alternate form .
For the
-.Cm c ,
-.Cm d ,
-and
-.Cm s
-formats, this option has no effect.
-For the
.Cm o
format the precision of the number is increased to force the first
character of the output string to a zero.
.Cm G
formats, trailing zeros are not removed from the result as they
would otherwise be.
+For all other formats, behaviour is undefined.
.It Cm \&\-
Specifies the
.Em left adjustment
utility is compliant with the
.St -p1003.1-2008
specification.
+.Pp
+The escape sequences \ee and \e' are extensions to that specification.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm