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-rw-r--r--disk-utils/partx.85
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/partx.8 b/disk-utils/partx.8
index 223f20918..d6ff52f08 100644
--- a/disk-utils/partx.8
+++ b/disk-utils/partx.8
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ Add the specified partitions, or read the disk and add all partitions.
Print the SIZE column in bytes rather than in human-readable format.
.TP
.BR \-d , " \-\-delete"
-Delete the specified partitions or all partitions.
+Delete the specified partitions or all partitions. It is not error to
+remove non-existing partitions, so this option is possible to use together with
+large \fB\-\-nr\fR ranges without care about the current partitions set on
+the device.
.TP
.BR \-g , " \-\-noheadings"
Do not print a header line with \fB\-\-show\fR or \fB\-\-raw\fR.