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authorKarel Zak2017-09-05 12:17:26 +0200
committerKarel Zak2017-09-05 12:17:26 +0200
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uuidgen: add more details to man page
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/misc-utils/uuidgen.1 b/misc-utils/uuidgen.1
index 500e3124c..4b0fcb60c 100644
--- a/misc-utils/uuidgen.1
+++ b/misc-utils/uuidgen.1
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ Use MD5 as the hash algorithm.
Use SHA1 as the hash algorith.
.TP
.BR \-n , " \-\-namespace " \fInamespace\fP
-Generate the hash with the \fInamespace\fP prefix.
+Generate the hash with the \fInamespace\fP prefix. The \fInamespace\fP is UUID,
+or '@ns' where "ns" is well-known predefined UUID addressed by namespace name
+(see above).
.TP
.BR \-N , " \-\-name " \fIname\fR
Generate the hash of the \fIname\fR.