.B strings
prints the printable character sequences that are at least 4
characters long (or the number given with the options below) and are
-followed by a NUL or newline character. By default, it only prints
-the strings from the initialized data sections of object files; for
+followed by an unprintable character. By default, it only prints the
+strings from the initialized and loaded sections of object files; for
other types of files, it prints the strings from the whole file.
.PP
.B \-\-all
.TP
.B \-
-Do not scan only the initialized data section of object files; scan
-the whole files.
+Do not scan only the initialized and loaded sections of object files;
+scan the whole files.
.TP
.B \-f