diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 501084c..dcd0948 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 	* Set command -p path to /usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin.
 	* Change "characters" for printf precision to "bytes".
 
+2014-09-26  Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
+
+	* Clarify "trap '' signals" syntax in manual page.
+
 2014-09-26  Adam Buchbinder <adam.buchbinder@gmail.com>
 
 	* Clarify that 0 and EXIT are both acceptable for exit traps.
diff --git a/src/dash.1 b/src/dash.1
index 577e9ee..489cea2 100644
--- a/src/dash.1
+++ b/src/dash.1
@@ -2076,7 +2076,9 @@ or
 .Li EXIT ,
 the action is executed when the shell exits.
 .Ar action
-may be null, which cause the specified signals to be ignored.
+may be empty
+.Li ( "''" ) ,
+which causes the specified signals to be ignored.
 With
 .Ar action
 omitted or set to `-' the specified signals are set to their default action.