diff --git a/man/lcov.1 b/man/lcov.1
index 9df75aeb..208ee223 100644
--- a/man/lcov.1
+++ b/man/lcov.1
@@ -1126,6 +1126,7 @@ See the genhtml man page for more details on the version script.
 
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+.RE
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