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authorBenno Schulenberg2013-10-14 21:34:39 +0200
committerKarel Zak2013-10-15 10:28:30 +0200
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parentdocs: format, grammarize, and standardize the wall man page (diff)
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docs: standardize the phrases for --help and --version in all man pages
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'term-utils')
-rw-r--r--term-utils/mesg.14
-rw-r--r--term-utils/script.14
-rw-r--r--term-utils/scriptreplay.12
-rw-r--r--term-utils/setterm.14
4 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/mesg.1 b/term-utils/mesg.1
index 60d942339..f7ebf4195 100644
--- a/term-utils/mesg.1
+++ b/term-utils/mesg.1
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ Permits messages to be displayed.
Explain what is being done.
.TP
.B \-V, \-\-verbose
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
-Output help screen and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
.PP
If no arguments are given,
.B mesg
diff --git a/term-utils/script.1 b/term-utils/script.1
index 1e430d845..60a0e53a0 100644
--- a/term-utils/script.1
+++ b/term-utils/script.1
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ field indicates how many characters were output this time. This information
can be used to replay typescripts with realistic typing and output delays.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Output help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
.SH NOTES
The script ends when the forked shell exits (a
.I control-D
diff --git a/term-utils/scriptreplay.1 b/term-utils/scriptreplay.1
index 343f436cd..20b6d93bc 100644
--- a/term-utils/scriptreplay.1
+++ b/term-utils/scriptreplay.1
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ because it divides the timings by this factor.
Display version information and exit.
.TP
.BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Display a help message and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.nf
% script --timing=file.tm script.out
diff --git a/term-utils/setterm.1 b/term-utils/setterm.1
index cde41143a..9b44333ee 100644
--- a/term-utils/setterm.1
+++ b/term-utils/setterm.1
@@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ Overrides the TERM environment variable.
Sets the color for underlined characters.
.TP
.BR \-version
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
.TP
.BR \-help
-Output help screen and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR tput (1),
.BR stty (1),