Merge branch 'maint' into next

[thirdparty/e2fsprogs.git] / resize / resize2fs.8.in

diff --git a/resize/resize2fs.8.in b/resize/resize2fs.8.in
index d2738e9cdf42ab2714d90ef29e44f312ff4f3a61..ae3657709db5165ea76fd273c0e656a3fa04f700 100644 (file)
--- a/resize/resize2fs.8.in
+++ b/resize/resize2fs.8.in
@@ -46,24 +46,16 @@ If no units are specified, the units of the
 parameter shall be the filesystem blocksize of the filesystem.
 Optionally, the
 .I size
-parameter may be suffixed by one of the following the units
-designators: 's', 'K', 'M', or 'G',
-for 512 byte sectors, kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes, respectively.
-The
+parameter may be suffixed by one of the following units
+designators: 'K', 'M', 'G', 'T' (either upper-case or lower-case) or 's'
+for power-of-two kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes or 512 byte
+sectors respectively. The
 .I size
 of the filesystem may never be larger than the size of the partition.
 If
 .I size
 parameter is not specified, it will default to the size of the partition.
 .PP
-Note: when kilobytes is used above, I mean
-.IR real ,
-power-of-2 kilobytes, (i.e., 1024 bytes), which some politically correct
-folks insist should be the stupid-sounding ``kibibytes''.  The same
-holds true for megabytes, also sometimes known as ``mebibytes'', or
-gigabytes, as the amazingly silly ``gibibytes''.  Makes you want to
-gibber, doesn't it?
-.PP
 The
 .B resize2fs
 program does not manipulate the size of partitions.  If you wish to enlarge
@@ -133,7 +125,8 @@ really useful for doing
 time trials.
 .TP
 .B \-M
-Shrink the filesystem to the minimum size.
+Shrink the file system to minimize its size as much as possible,
+given the files stored in the file system.
 .TP
 .B \-p
 Prints out a percentage completion bars for each
@@ -142,7 +135,11 @@ operation during an offline resize, so that the user can keep track
 of what the program is doing.
 .TP
 .B \-P
-Print the minimum size of the filesystem and exit.
+Print an estimate of the number of file system blocks in the file system
+if it is shrunk using
+.BR resize2fs 's
+.B \-M
+option and then exit.
 .TP
 .B \-s
 Turns off the 64bit feature and frees blocks that are no longer in use.