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-rw-r--r--disk-utils/mkfs.82
-rw-r--r--disk-utils/mkfs.c28
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.8 b/disk-utils/mkfs.8
index af9304bc7..a4cdf71cb 100644
--- a/disk-utils/mkfs.8
+++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.8
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mkfs \- build a Linux filesystem
.B mkfs
.RI [ options ]
.RB [ \-t
-.IR "type fs-options" ] " device " [ size ]
+.IR type "] [" fs-options ] " device " [ size ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mkfs
is used to build a Linux filesystem on a device, usually
diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.c b/disk-utils/mkfs.c
index 55506c055..c34f9f61b 100644
--- a/disk-utils/mkfs.c
+++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.c
@@ -35,20 +35,20 @@
static void __attribute__ ((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE * out)
{
- fprintf(out,
- _("Usage: %s [options] [-t type fs-options] device [size]\n"),
- program_invocation_short_name);
-
- fprintf(out, _("\nOptions:\n"
- " -t, --type=TYPE file system type, when undefined ext2 is used\n"
- " fs-options parameters to real file system builder\n"
- " device path to a device\n"
- " size number of blocks on the device\n"
- " -V, --verbose explain what is done\n"
- " defining -V more than once will cause a dry-run\n"
- " -V, --version output version information and exit\n"
- " -V as version must be only option\n"
- " -h, --help display this help and exit\n"));
+ fprintf(out, _("Usage:\n"));
+ fprintf(out, _(" %s [options] [-t <type>] [fs-options] <device> [<size>]\n"),
+ program_invocation_short_name);
+
+ fprintf(out, _("\nOptions:\n"));
+ fprintf(out, _(" -t, --type=<type> filesystem type; when unspecified, ext2 is used\n"));
+ fprintf(out, _(" fs-options parameters for the real filesystem builder\n"));
+ fprintf(out, _(" <device> path to the device to be used\n"));
+ fprintf(out, _(" <size> number of blocks to be used on the device\n"));
+ fprintf(out, _(" -V, --verbose explain what is being done;\n"
+ " specifying -V more than once will cause a dry-run\n"));
+ fprintf(out, _(" -V, --version display version information and exit;\n"
+ " -V as --version must be the only option\n"));
+ fprintf(out, _(" -h, --help display this help text and exit\n"));
fprintf(out, _("\nFor more information see mkfs(8).\n"));