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authorKarel Zak2017-10-30 15:45:02 +0100
committerKarel Zak2017-10-30 15:45:02 +0100
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dmesg: add note about -F format to the man page
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 b/sys-utils/dmesg.1
index 81b9726a6..b87b2301b 100644
--- a/sys-utils/dmesg.1
+++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.1
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ Display the local time and the delta in human-readable format. Be aware that
conversion to the local time could be inaccurate (see \fB\-T\fR for more
details).
.IP "\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-file \fIfile\fR"
-Read the messages from the given
+Read the syslog messages from the given
.IR file .
+Note that \fB\-F\fR does not support messages in kmsg format. The old syslog format is supported only.
.IP "\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-facility \fIlist\fR"
Restrict output to the given (comma-separated)
.I list