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@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ to detach loop devices and to query the status of a loop device. If only the
device is shown.
.SH OPTIONS
-The \fIsize\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by binary (2^N)
-suffixes KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB and EiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the
-same meaning as "KiB") or decimal (10^N) suffixes KB, MB, GB, PB and EB.
++The \fIsize\fR and \fIoffset\fR arguments may be followed by the multiplicative
++suffixes KiB=1024, MiB=1024*1024, and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB
++(the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes
++KB=1000, MB=1000*1000, and so on for GB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
.IP "\fB\-a, \-\-all\fP"
show status of all loop devices. Note that not all information are accessible