--- doc/grep.1.orig 2008-01-20 17:17:18.000000000 +0100 +++ doc/grep.1 2008-01-20 17:19:10.000000000 +0100 @@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ is not special if it would be the start of an invalid interval specification. For example, the command -.B "grep\ \-E\ '{1'" +.B "grep\ \-E\ \(aq{1\(aq" searches for the two-character string .B {1 instead of reporting a syntax error in the regular expression. @@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ For example, if .B GREP_OPTIONS is -.BR "'\-\^\-binary-files=without-match \-\^\-directories=skip'" , +.BR "\(aq\-\^\-binary-files=without-match \-\^\-directories=skip\(aq" , .B grep behaves as if the two options .B \-\^\-binary\-files=without-match