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+.TH BITCOIN-UTIL "1"
+.SH NAME
+bitcoin-util \- manual page for bitcoin-util
+
+This is a placefolder file. Please follow the instructions in \fIcontrib/devtools/README.md\fR to generate the manual pages after a release.