diff --git a/man/cat.Rd b/man/cat.Rd
index 673ba9f4..793f20d5 100644
--- a/man/cat.Rd
+++ b/man/cat.Rd
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ Redefinition of \code{\link[=cat]{cat()}} with separator set to empty string
   them to a single character vector, appends the given \code{sep = }
   string(s) to each element and then outputs them.
 
-  No line feeds (aka \dQuote{newline}s) are output unless explicitly
-  requested by \samp{"\\n"}
+  No linefeeds are output unless explicitly requested by \samp{"\\n"}
   or if generated by filling (if argument \code{fill} is \code{TRUE} or
   numeric).