diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7b67c0c..6f27fd7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 	* Small optimisation of command -pv change.
 	* Set command -p path to /usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin.
+	* Change "characters" for printf precision to "bytes".
 
 2014-09-26  Harald van Dijk <harald@gigawatt.nl>
 
diff --git a/src/dash.1 b/src/dash.1
index 6241a61..6ceb16a 100644
--- a/src/dash.1
+++ b/src/dash.1
@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@
 .Cm e
 and
 .Cm f
-formats, or the maximum number of characters to be printed
+formats, or the maximum number of bytes to be printed
 from a string
 .Sm off
 .Pf ( Cm b
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@
 .It Cm s
 Characters from the string
 .Ar argument
-are printed until the end is reached or until the number of characters
+are printed until the end is reached or until the number of bytes
 indicated by the precision specification is reached; if the
 precision is omitted, all characters in the string are printed.
 .It Cm \&%