diff --git a/lang/en_utf8/help/quiz/formatgift.html b/lang/en_utf8/help/quiz/formatgift.html
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--- a/lang/en_utf8/help/quiz/formatgift.html
+++ b/lang/en_utf8/help/quiz/formatgift.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    mixed in a single text file, and the format also supports line comments, 
    question names, feedback and percentage-weight grades.</p>
 
-    <p>The text encoding of your text file must be the same as your Moodle installation. 
+    <p>The text encoding of your text file must be utf-8 (unless you only use ascii characters). 
     An example questions text file can be found here: <a href="../../../../mod/quiz/format/gift/examples.txt">gift/examples.txt</a>.</p>