Prior to aspell-0.50.3-8, the aspell(1) manpage provided an erroneous example of the usage of the "lang" option. The example should have read: For example the following line will set the default language to German: lang de Alternatively, you may specify the dictionary to use directly by using the "master" option. To select the German dictionary this way: master german Using the "master" option will override any "lang" settings. Unless you know specifically which dictionary you wish to use, you should select dictionaries using "lang" rather than "master". For more information, please consult either the aspell(1) manpage or the Aspell User's Manual found in the aspell-doc package. Brian Nelson March 13, 2003