1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/scan.n b/doc/scan.n
index d963d6c..6a028d2 100644
--- a/doc/scan.n
+++ b/doc/scan.n
@@ -226,12 +226,10 @@ set string "#08D03F"
 \fBscan\fR $string "#%2x%2x%2x" r g b
 .CE
 .PP
-Parse a \fIHH:MM\fR time string, noting that this avoids problems with
-octal numbers by forcing interpretation as decimals (if we did not
-care, we would use the \fB%i\fR conversion instead):
+Parse a \fIHH:MM\fR time string:
 .PP
 .CS
-set string "08:08"   ;# *Not* octal!
+set string "08:08"
 if {[\fBscan\fR $string "%d:%d" hours minutes] != 2} {
     error "not a valid time string"
 }