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@@ -12827,8 +12827,8 @@ statement (@pxref{Nextfile Statement}) is allowed only inside a
@cindex @code{getline} statement, @code{BEGINFILE}/@code{ENDFILE} patterns and
The @code{getline} statement (@pxref{Getline}) is restricted inside
-both @code{BEGINFILE} and @code{ENDFILE}. Only the @samp{getline
-@var{variable} < @var{file}} form is allowed.
+both @code{BEGINFILE} and @code{ENDFILE}: only redirected
+forms of @code{getline} are allowed.
@code{BEGINFILE} and @code{ENDFILE} are @command{gawk} extensions.
In most other @command{awk} implementations, or if @command{gawk} is in