diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/apply.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/apply.html
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+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/apply.html
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ one mapper.</p>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td valign="top">forwardslash</td>
-    <td valign="top">whether the absolute file names should be passed
+    <td valign="top">whether the file names should be passed
       with forward slashes even if the operating system requires other
       file separator. The option is ignored if the system file separator
       is a forward slash.</td>