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@@ -2660,7 +2660,7 @@ The command @code{quoted-insert} uses this function.
@cindex control characters, reading
@cindex nonprinting characters, reading
This function is like @code{read-char}, except that if the first
-character read is an octal digit (0-7), it reads any number of octal
+character read is an octal digit (0--7), it reads any number of octal
digits (but stopping if a non-octal digit is found), and returns the
character represented by that numeric character code. If the
character that terminates the sequence of octal digits is @key{RET},