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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo
index 10d2104..e1eb292 100644
--- a/make.texinfo
+++ b/make.texinfo
@@ -2127,8 +2127,8 @@ after it is no longer needed, as is normally done.
You can also list the target pattern of an implicit rule (such as
@samp{%.o}) as a dependency file of the special target @code{.PRECIOUS}
-to preserve intermediate files whose target patterns match that file's
-name.
+to preserve intermediate files created by rules whose target patterns
+match that file's name.
@findex .IGNORE
@item .IGNORE