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diff --git a/README b/README
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+++ b/README
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ for example,
 
     markdown2pdf sample.txt endnotes.txt
 
-will produce `sample.pdf`.  (If `sample.pdf` exists already,
-it will be backed up before being overwritten.)  An output file
+will produce `sample.pdf`.  An output file
 name can be specified explicitly using the `-o` option:
 
     markdown2pdf -o book.pdf chap1 chap2