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diff --git a/src/libutil/fmt.hh b/src/libutil/fmt.hh
index 06c4a2049..1f81bfcfb 100644
--- a/src/libutil/fmt.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/fmt.hh
@@ -156,5 +156,12 @@ inline hintformat hintfmt(std::string plain_string)
return hintfmt("%s", normaltxt(plain_string));
}
+/**
+ * Highlight all the given matches in the given string `s` by wrapping them
+ * between `prefix` and `postfix`.
+ *
+ * If some matches overlap, then their union will be wrapped rather than the
+ * individual matches.
+ */
std::string hiliteMatches(const std::string &s, std::vector<std::smatch> matches, std::string prefix, std::string postfix);
}