.B e2label
.I device
[
-.I new-label
+.I volume-label
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B e2label
-will display or change the filesystem label on the ext2, ext3, or ext4
+will display or change the volume label on the ext2, ext3, or ext4
filesystem located on
.I device.
.PP
If the optional argument
-.I new-label
+.I volume-label
is not present,
.B e2label
-will simply display the current filesystem label.
+will simply display the current volume label.
.PP
If the optional argument
-.I new-label
+.I volume-label
is present, then
.B e2label
-will set the filesystem label to be
-.IR new-label .
-Ext2 filesystem labels can be at most 16 characters long; if
-.I new-label
+will set the volume label to be
+.IR volume-label .
+Ext2 volume labels can be at most 16 characters long; if
+.I volume-label
is longer than 16 characters,
.B e2label
will truncate it and print a warning message.
.PP
-It is also possible to set the filesystem label using the
+It is also possible to set the volume label using the
.B \-L
option of
.BR tune2fs (8).