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 ?? ??? 2000, Version 4.0.3-dev
-- Added an optional parameter to wordwrap that cuts a string if the length
-  (Derick)
+- Added an optional parameter to wordwrap that cuts a string if the length of a
+  word is longer than the maximum allowed. (Derick)
 - Added functions pg_put_line and pg_end_copy (Dirk Elmendorf)
 - Added second parameter for parse_str to save result (John Bafford)
 - Fix bug with curl places extra data in the output. (medvitz@medvitz.net)