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> A more complicated example using numeric output to feed into the dialog(1)

> program for a full-screen progress display: ...

> Frequent use of this third form is not recommended as it may cause the programmer to overheat.

^- is that a wisecrack hidden in an otherwise serious man page?

PSA: don't use linux.die.net. It's horribly outdated.

This sentence was removed from the man page in pv 1.4.0, released in December 2012.

Agreed, actually enjoy using Arch manpages now:

Just happened to be the first result that came up, but good to know.