mount.2: Clarify that 'source' and 'target' are pathnames, and can refer to files

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

diff --git a/man2/mount.2 b/man2/mount.2
index 672b1d4f8baefbe3947065d4ea6490823ef07c5d..27b1c8db1e59fbe6ec6ff16b6c48ebf51ad6111e 100644 (file)
--- a/man2/mount.2
+++ b/man2/mount.2
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ mount \- mount filesystem
 .BR mount ()
 attaches the filesystem specified by
 .I source
-(which is often a device name, but can also be a directory name
-or a dummy) to the directory specified by
+(which is often a pathname referring to a device,
+but can also be the pathname of a directory or file,
+or a dummy string) to the location (a directory or file)
+specified by the pathname in
 .IR target .
 
 Appropriate privilege (Linux: the