From 5cb71d2bcad3374a8357ac43c7bd8bde60351c15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: J William Piggott Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:07:27 -0400 Subject: hwclock: adjust wording of v2.26 notes Signed-off-by: J William Piggott --- sys-utils/hwclock.8.in | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'sys-utils/hwclock.8.in') diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in index 3c021bfe0..30f191b10 100644 --- a/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in +++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.8.in @@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ gains time at a certain rate when left to run). Since v2.26 .B hwclock -does not update Hardware Clock's drift factor in @ADJTIME_PATH@ by default. -It's necessary to use \fB\-\-update-drift\fR with \fB\-\-set\fR or -\fB\-\-systohc\fR to force drift factor update. +does not update the Hardware Clock's drift factor in @ADJTIME_PATH@ by default. +It is necessary to use \fB\-\-update-drift\fR, with \fB\-\-set\fR or +\fB\-\-systohc\fR, to force drift factor updates. Since v2.26 -.B hwclock -automatically compensates Hardware Clock to account for systematic drift before -using it to set the System Clock by \fB\-\-hctosys\fR. It means that -\fB\-\-adjust\fR is no more necessary during boot. This functionality makes -hwclock usable early in boot process when the root filesystem is read-only. +.B hwclock \-\-hctosys +automatically compensates time read from the Hardware Clock to account for +systematic drift before using it to set the System Clock. Therefore, +\fB\-\-adjust\fR is no longer necessary during boot. This functionality makes +hwclock usable early in the boot process when the root filesystem is read-only. .SH FUNCTIONS You need exactly one of the following options to tell -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522