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authorBenno Schulenberg2015-11-08 11:54:15 +0100
committerKarel Zak2015-11-09 10:03:58 +0100
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lsipc: tweak a few wordings on the manpage
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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diff --git a/sys-utils/lsipc.1 b/sys-utils/lsipc.1
index 5ef714cf2..04852ea79 100644
--- a/sys-utils/lsipc.1
+++ b/sys-utils/lsipc.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" Copyright 2015 Ondrej Oprala(ooprala@redhat.com)
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
-.TH LSIPC "1" "June 2015" "util-linux" "User Commands"
+.TH LSIPC "1" "November 2015" "util-linux" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
lsipc \- show information on IPC facilities currently employed in the system
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ This option needs to be combined with one of the three resource options:
.BR \-m ,
.BR \-q " or"
.BR \-s .
-The default \fB\-\-id\fR output format is possible to override by
-the \fB\-\-list \-\-raw \-\-json\fR or \fB\-\-export\fR options.
+It is possible to override the default output format for this option with the
+\fB\-\-list\fR, \fB\-\-raw\fR, \fB\-\-json\fR or \fB\-\-export\fR option.
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-global\fR
-Show system-wide usage and limits for a single IPC type.
+Show system-wide usage and limits of IPC resources.
This option may be combined with one of the three resource options:
.BR \-m ,
.BR \-q " or"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Write information about active message queues.
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-semaphores\fR
Write information about active semaphore sets.
-.SS "Output formats"
+.SS "Output formatting"
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-creator\fR
Show creator and owner.
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ Output data in the format of NAME=VALUE.
Use the JSON output format.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR
-Use the list output format. This is the default except for \fB\-\-id\fR.
+Use the list output format. This is the default, except when \fB\-\-id\fR
+is used.
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-newline\fR
Display each piece of information on a separate line.