Index: R/src/library/stats/man/read.ftable.Rd
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--- R/src/library/stats/man/read.ftable.Rd	(revision 37549)
+++ R/src/library/stats/man/read.ftable.Rd	(working copy)
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
   \item{skip}{the number of lines of the data file to skip before
     beginning to read data.}
   \item{x}{an object of class \code{"ftable"}.}
+  \item{append}{logical.  If \code{TRUE} and \code{file} is the name of
+    a file (and not a connection or \code{"|cmd"}), the output from
+    \code{write.ftable} is appended to the file.  If \code{FALSE},
+    the contents of \code{file} will be overwritten.}
   \item{digits}{an integer giving the number of significant digits to
     use for (the cell entries of) \code{x}.}
   \item{\dots}{further arguments to be passed to or from methods.}