man/modprobe: clarify --dirname option

The documentation for this flag leads one to believe that the full path
to the module directory is needed. In reality, this flag specifies only
the root of the module path.

diff --git a/man/modprobe.xml b/man/modprobe.xml
index 0e101a8c06b7b75cc5164c77e960a5890c9485f2..4d7639a1a475b19c83ae382cbd2925e514bf4417 100644 (file)
--- a/man/modprobe.xml
+++ b/man/modprobe.xml
@@ -177,9 +177,7 @@
         <term><option>-d</option> <option>--dirname</option></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            Directory where modules can be found,
-            <filename>/lib/modules/<replaceable>RELEASE</replaceable></filename>
-            by default.
+            Root directory for modules, <filename>/</filename> by default.
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>