docs: standardize the phrases for --help and --version in all man pages

Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>

diff --git a/disk-utils/fdformat.8 b/disk-utils/fdformat.8
index d02241ef7a837df95c938fe9594d14fbd7a48ec7..bc6da9479cd29360f20e4cb0b2e78966489785aa 100644 (file)
--- a/disk-utils/fdformat.8
+++ b/disk-utils/fdformat.8
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ to load the disk parameters.
 Skip the verification that is normally performed after the formatting.
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR fd (4),
 .BR setfdprm (8),

diff --git a/disk-utils/fsck.cramfs.8 b/disk-utils/fsck.cramfs.8
index 5519cbc582d9c248e7f193431be6516259ebdb8b..2e0c7c3769c8f8fc91ecbbf4aa9c101d380228c7 100644 (file)
--- a/disk-utils/fsck.cramfs.8
+++ b/disk-utils/fsck.cramfs.8
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ This option is silently ignored.
 Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH "EXIT STATUS"
 .RS
 .PD 0

diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.8 b/disk-utils/mkfs.8
index 4bc45ffeb571e095a84cbf887f812755ed1561bb..9e82bc46517c6ba68727757a1fae3fa4590c608a 100644 (file)
--- a/disk-utils/mkfs.8
+++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.8
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ version information only when it is the only parameter, otherwise it
 will work as \fB\-\-verbose\fR.)
 .TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Display help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH BUGS
 All generic options must precede and not be combined with
 filesystem-specific options.

diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.8 b/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.8
index c8ddfa9d615632021f552c6daaae244066161aaa..4980d622946826dd33a14659bd22911ee50d3f14 100644 (file)
--- a/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.8
+++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.8
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ This option is silently ignored.
 Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-V , " \-\-version"
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 Option
 .B \-V
 only works as

diff --git a/disk-utils/partx.8 b/disk-utils/partx.8
index d5de3d938c710ce40f838286d4aae256df2aa332..33fbf3b63549a4cfe797b49e3799bdbcae9a8532 100644 (file)
--- a/disk-utils/partx.8
+++ b/disk-utils/partx.8
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Update the specified partitions.
 .IP "\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-noheadings\fP"
 Do not print a header line.
 .IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fP"
-Print a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fP"
 List the partitions.  Note that all numbers are in 512-byte sectors.
 This output format is DEPRECATED in favour of

diff --git a/disk-utils/raw.8 b/disk-utils/raw.8
index 3615218d228bed20690bf0b390fb389138980641..d0c41375e5abb3570fbd97c0ee5f3764c1c99aca 100644 (file)
--- a/disk-utils/raw.8
+++ b/disk-utils/raw.8
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ With
 , specify that all bound raw devices should be queried.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
 Display version information and exit.

diff --git a/fdisks/sfdisk.8 b/fdisks/sfdisk.8
index b89cbd29a58b8683b752591b6e886e9a52f67a9b..62d0ed09561cf96fe62d1f142858df3759ffdb68 100644 (file)
--- a/fdisks/sfdisk.8
+++ b/fdisks/sfdisk.8
@@ -168,12 +168,10 @@ There are many options.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BR \-v ", " \-\-version
-Print version number of
-.B sfdisk
-and exit immediately.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-h ", " \-\-help
-Print a usage message and exit immediately.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-T ", " \-\-list\-types
 Print the recognized types (system Id's).

diff --git a/login-utils/chfn.1 b/login-utils/chfn.1
index 5f87ad713d3ba1a433174a1c6c04cbb9cf6caef1..d519d5407305408911d73ee5f6d9a247e427ba0c 100644 (file)
--- a/login-utils/chfn.1
+++ b/login-utils/chfn.1
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ Specify your office phone number.
 Specify your home phone number.
 .TP
 .B "\-u, \-\-help"
-Print a usage message and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .B "-v, \-\-version"
-Print version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH "EXIT STATUS"
 Returns 0 if operation was successful, 1 if operation failed or command syntax was not valid.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

diff --git a/login-utils/chsh.1 b/login-utils/chsh.1
index d597adc38e3de9afcf7369a42b45cd91ad5d3b86..963a9e44bdb759ddacb1caf9ea0315ec8c99384e 100644 (file)
--- a/login-utils/chsh.1
+++ b/login-utils/chsh.1
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ Print the list of shells listed in
 and exit.
 .TP
 .B "\-u, \-\-help"
-Print a usage message and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .B "-v, \-\-version"
-Print version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH "VALID SHELLS"
 .B chsh
 will accept the full pathname of any executable file on the system.

diff --git a/login-utils/login.1 b/login-utils/login.1
index 216645ebe528d63115131aa39759edf16194d148..3e9434fcef5b2e3bac33730d38c22095ab2332bc 100644 (file)
--- a/login-utils/login.1
+++ b/login-utils/login.1
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ to tell
 that printing the hostname should be suppressed in the login: prompt.
 .TP
 .B \-V
-Print version and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH CONFIG FILE ITEMS
 .B login
 reads the

diff --git a/login-utils/nologin.8 b/login-utils/nologin.8
index b4e10704e4c185f97ae9464e8daa2bc69026621d..b7fe1d9ccb19e4a8cf6dd05a0b62dda5fe380516 100644 (file)
--- a/login-utils/nologin.8
+++ b/login-utils/nologin.8
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ is always 1.
 .PP
 .SH OPTIONS
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-Print help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB-V, \-\-version"
-Print version and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH NOTES
 .B nologin
 is per-account way to disable login (usually used for system accounts like http or ftp).

diff --git a/login-utils/sulogin.8 b/login-utils/sulogin.8
index b9dec165c4e91224f26abd1c9728c7fe4a931f31..a401446a09156fc9fbbfdd79c1df5a749359c36e 100644 (file)
--- a/login-utils/sulogin.8
+++ b/login-utils/sulogin.8
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ shell.
 Specify the maximum amount of time to wait for user input.  By default,
 sulogin will wait forever.
 .IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fP"
-Print a help message.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fP"
-Output version.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 .I sulogin
 looks for the environment variable

diff --git a/login-utils/utmpdump.1 b/login-utils/utmpdump.1
index 25f361ad683237320afbcea9882d4b51f56ebb70..70691593f00238e6c09ea5e844547fcd762f0429 100644 (file)
--- a/login-utils/utmpdump.1
+++ b/login-utils/utmpdump.1
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ Undump, write back edited login information into utmp or wtmp files.
 .IP "\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fP \fIfile\fR
 Write command output to file instead of standard output.
 .IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fP"
-Print a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fP"
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH NOTES
 .B utmpdump
 can be useful in cases of corrupted utmp or wtmp entries.  It can dump

diff --git a/misc-utils/cal.1 b/misc-utils/cal.1
index 0e686dd987be33a91d3237fa46ea05f86463b91f..7e8e6baf12c4b33f0f5605a6e4ad4ee0d5300cc2 100644 (file)
--- a/misc-utils/cal.1
+++ b/misc-utils/cal.1
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ outputs to pipe, or is called from a script.
 Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display help screen and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH PARAMETERS
 A single parameter specifies the year to be displayed; note the
 year must be fully specified:

diff --git a/misc-utils/findmnt.8 b/misc-utils/findmnt.8
index 407636ea445112beccebe2b0de1b7a91fe9b8956..6b8e8d8fdbdd60e05debad376885ac4bc085e012 100644 (file)
--- a/misc-utils/findmnt.8
+++ b/misc-utils/findmnt.8
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ than once, then tree-like output is disabled (see the \fB\-\-list\fP option).
 Print the first matching filesystem only.
 .TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Print help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-i , " \-\-invert"
 Invert the sense of matching.

diff --git a/misc-utils/getopt.1 b/misc-utils/getopt.1
index 3c52908cd881ed98f48930ce09a2bd8f3a54b386..04fd34a2c0816f420c637b4c7c8a5e1bdf0229ad 100644 (file)
--- a/misc-utils/getopt.1
+++ b/misc-utils/getopt.1
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ Allow long options to start with a single
 .RB ' \- '.
 .TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Output a small usage guide and exit successfully.  No other output is
-generated.
+Display help text and exit.  No other output is generated.
 .TP
 .BR \-l , " \-\-longoptions \fIlongopts\fP"
 The long (multi\-character) options to be recognized.  More than one
@@ -172,8 +171,7 @@ is set, will return
 and error status 0.
 .TP
 .BR \-V , " \-\-version"
-Output version information and exit successfully.  No other output is
-generated.
+Display version information and exit.  No other output is generated.
 .SH PARSING
 This section specifies the format of the second part of the
 parameters of

diff --git a/misc-utils/logger.1 b/misc-utils/logger.1
index c680ec8720de4263e0f5171a08cc23aca9c44e0c..c7c3de0f588ca76f0d8b18c4b24ee70686d1bd39 100644 (file)
--- a/misc-utils/logger.1
+++ b/misc-utils/logger.1
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ port defined in /etc/services, which is often
 .IR 514 .
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-id\fR
 Log the process ID of the logger process with each line.

diff --git a/misc-utils/look.1 b/misc-utils/look.1
index fe8d8fd8e76ff293ddb934e2219ed713ffe26cb0..d1d8f1bd4f41e18ad79fdbbc875323f5168e5476 100644 (file)
--- a/misc-utils/look.1
+++ b/misc-utils/look.1
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ are compared.
 Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-V , " \-\-version"
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .PP
 The
 .B look

diff --git a/misc-utils/lsblk.8 b/misc-utils/lsblk.8
index 78243dce05d5a2d3acefe8c4ff7840d71b66660a..ea7e7bee84a265ed5e65dffce40d583a7fdc8338 100644 (file)
--- a/misc-utils/lsblk.8
+++ b/misc-utils/lsblk.8
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ The authoritative information about filesystems and raids is provided by the
 command.
 .TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Print a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-I , " \-\-include " \fIlist\fP
 Include devices specified by the comma-separated \fIlist\fR of major device numbers.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ This option is equivalent to
 .BR -o\ NAME,ALIGNMENT,MIN-IO,OPT-IO,PHY-SEC,LOG-SEC,ROTA,SCHED,RQ-SIZE,WSAME .
 .TP
 .BR \-V , " \-\-version"
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH NOTES
 For partitions, some information (e.g. queue attributes) is inherited from the
 parent device.

diff --git a/misc-utils/lslocks.8 b/misc-utils/lslocks.8
index 461220182183e25bcdffcd569290a23ed00432cc..20ff0dcbb22bbd6542b13e57543087afa822105b 100644 (file)
--- a/misc-utils/lslocks.8
+++ b/misc-utils/lslocks.8
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ lists information about all the currently held file locks in a Linux system.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Print a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-n , " \-\-noheadings"
 Do not print a header line.

diff --git a/misc-utils/mcookie.1 b/misc-utils/mcookie.1
index e7579c4b9dcc3a789718baad3071ff605785ce05..fc7e030478d9516f07a1edd33e59b5e55b3b5911 100644 (file)
--- a/misc-utils/mcookie.1
+++ b/misc-utils/mcookie.1
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ input is read from stdin.
 Explain what is being done.
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display this help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH BUGS
 The entropy in the generated 128-bit is probably quite small (and,
 therefore, vulnerable to attack) unless a non-pseudorandom number generator

diff --git a/misc-utils/namei.1 b/misc-utils/namei.1
index 88e249d7252ee4401165a8c2248623730092a012..550dc9740af9b7526a52ff015f6bab763dd44978 100644 (file)
--- a/misc-utils/namei.1
+++ b/misc-utils/namei.1
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ Vertically align the modes and owners.
 .IP "\fB\-x, \-\-mountpoints\fP"
 Show mountpoint directories with a 'D' rather than a 'd'.
 .IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR"
-Output help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR"
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH AUTHOR
 The original
 .B namei

diff --git a/misc-utils/wipefs.8 b/misc-utils/wipefs.8
index 0c34b0f0a90ecf3d00739610fa611c0487cdfd58..331e96ca8e707071d3ef2c535f4346dbff8cac3e 100644 (file)
--- a/misc-utils/wipefs.8
+++ b/misc-utils/wipefs.8
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Force erasure, even if the filesystem is mounted.  This is required in
 order to erase the partition table on a block device.
 .TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Print help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR -n , " \-\-no\-act"
 Causes everything to be done except for the write() call.
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ can be prefixed with 'no' to specify the types on which no action should be
 taken.  For more details see mount(8).
 .TP
 .BR -V , " \-\-version"
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .TP
 .BR "wipefs --all --backup /dev/sdb"

diff --git a/mount-deprecated/mount.8 b/mount-deprecated/mount.8
index 9075c224ba4793a9d5db8b02c0600c646aaf6a27..8708fcafdebe603b451a887ab73aa6e9d7d9c18b 100644 (file)
--- a/mount-deprecated/mount.8
+++ b/mount-deprecated/mount.8
@@ -479,9 +479,9 @@ Command line options available for the
 .B mount
 command:
 .IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP"
-Output version.
+Display version information and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-Print a help message.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-v, \-\-verbose\fP"
 Verbose mode.
 .IP "\fB\-a, \-\-all\fP"

diff --git a/schedutils/chrt.1 b/schedutils/chrt.1
index 50aa8418a8162cd13876849122174b469ff79e89..58c891189b7f1cad89d0ced1cb5d12a3d85fc7ff 100644 (file)
--- a/schedutils/chrt.1
+++ b/schedutils/chrt.1
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ scheduling policy (Linux specific).
 Show status information.
 .TP
 .B -h, --help
-Display usage information and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .B -V, --version
 Display version information and exit.

diff --git a/schedutils/ionice.1 b/schedutils/ionice.1
index 163df1deb95b70356df0894d0f76f883dc7bf14a..8b9d6140ae17057214bed39ce0249ffabeb766f7 100644 (file)
--- a/schedutils/ionice.1
+++ b/schedutils/ionice.1
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ run it even in case it was not possible to set the desired scheduling priority,
 which can happen due to insufficient privileges or an old kernel version.
 .TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Display help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-V , " \-\-version"
 Display version information and exit.

diff --git a/schedutils/taskset.1 b/schedutils/taskset.1
index efaa0d213e6d1ebe5188d91cffdc9e4010797130..ade202b391e45770562b23dda03cc4c24ce1212b 100644 (file)
--- a/schedutils/taskset.1
+++ b/schedutils/taskset.1
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ are separated by commas and may include ranges.  For example:
 .BR 0,5,7,9-11 .
 .TP
 .BR \-h ,\  \-\-help
-Display usage information and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-V ,\  \-\-version
 Display version information and exit.

diff --git a/sys-utils/blkdiscard.8 b/sys-utils/blkdiscard.8
index 7e8c91e8f86873e3e12142850f3e8877742d611e..e71a09360649090c7901abd6c53bcbd35d67be5a 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/blkdiscard.8
+++ b/sys-utils/blkdiscard.8
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ MiB=1024*1024, and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB (the "iB" is
 optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes
 KB=1000, MB=1000*1000, and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-Print help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-o, \-\-offset\fP \fIoffset\fP"
 Byte offset in the device from which to discard.  Provided value will be
 aligned to the device sector size.  Default value is zero.

diff --git a/sys-utils/chcpu.8 b/sys-utils/chcpu.8
index d016b86f26634896db7387ee0074de1bd07f5675..c7555cc2cb2638806cc8e6157af2648c0ef429f6 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/chcpu.8
+++ b/sys-utils/chcpu.8
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ instance runs and returns it to the CPU pool.  A CPU must be offline, see
 \-d, before it can be deconfigured.
 .TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Display help information and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-V , " \-\-version"
 Display version information and exit.

diff --git a/sys-utils/ctrlaltdel.8 b/sys-utils/ctrlaltdel.8
index 14cf3dd16a2363cf1e303201bf980e656dac8034..30bbae4585f06dd03b6c6243e6cb0566ea55b8bc 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/ctrlaltdel.8
+++ b/sys-utils/ctrlaltdel.8
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ file.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH FILES
 .I /etc/rc.local
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 b/sys-utils/dmesg.1
index 4500af9c74adfd6b7d9d8bdc6f7224c406540b0d..f5d256cf711b562dfaf1d9d6d3e6f885819a3030 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/dmesg.1
+++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.1
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ output.
 Enable human-readable output.  See also \fB\-\-color\fR, \fB\-\-reltime\fR
 and \fB\-\-nopager\fR.
 .IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR"
-Print a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-kernel\fR"
 Print kernel messages.
 .IP "\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-color\fR[=\fIwhen\fR]"
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Do not print kernel's timestamps.
 .IP "\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-userspace\fR"
 Print userspace messages.
 .IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR"
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-follow\fR"
 Wait for new messages.  This feature is supported only on systems with
 a readable /dev/kmsg (since kernel 3.5.0).

diff --git a/sys-utils/eject.1 b/sys-utils/eject.1
index 429f0dd0f35439e199cfa03bf3c79dddfb2cd0a7..1acc3b3cde3596b3beb61cece577cd80599caa19 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/eject.1
+++ b/sys-utils/eject.1
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ disk eject command.
 .IP "\fB\-F, \-\-force\fP"
 Force eject, don't check device type.
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-Print a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-i, \-\-manualeject \fIon|off\fP"
 This option controls locking of the hardware eject button.  When enabled, the
 drive will not be ejected when the button is pressed.  This is useful when you
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ This option specifies that the drive should be ejected using SCSI commands.
 Run in verbose mode; more information is displayed about what the command is
 doing.
 .IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP"
-Display program version and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-x, \-\-cdspeed \fI<speed>\fP"
 With this option the drive is given a CD-ROM select speed command.  The speed
 argument is a number indicating the desired speed (e.g. 8 for 8X speed), or 0

diff --git a/sys-utils/fallocate.1 b/sys-utils/fallocate.1
index 49d26e44c8989817f34d43c0a8bb68b750da177c..d462cee9ce95bd749c9d8ada8bd13013b4ad356b 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/fallocate.1
+++ b/sys-utils/fallocate.1
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ Specifies the beginning offset of the allocation, in bytes.
 .IP "\fB\-l, \-\-length\fP \fIlength\fP
 Specifies the length of the allocation, in bytes.
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-Print help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB-V, \-\-version"
-Print version and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH AUTHORS
 .UR sandeen@redhat.com
 Eric Sandeen

diff --git a/sys-utils/flock.1 b/sys-utils/flock.1
index b28526f6923f6c6c63caa314adbcf6fff06e03c4..d9f7d86e70af9e25cea7abc84b7982a78ba47182 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/flock.1
+++ b/sys-utils/flock.1
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ without arguments, to the shell with
 .BR -c .
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
-Print a help message.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP"
-Show version number and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .TP
 shell1> flock /tmp -c cat

diff --git a/sys-utils/fsfreeze.8 b/sys-utils/fsfreeze.8
index df161462c6bf76cc401401cd425107727d976a06..f57bbd7d08fd969d0a1ce0430fda628966c13da4 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/fsfreeze.8
+++ b/sys-utils/fsfreeze.8
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ the traditional atime semantics (mount option strictatime, for more details see
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-Print help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-f, \-\-freeze\fP"
 This option requests the specified a filesystem to be frozen from new
 modifications.  When this is selected, all ongoing transactions in the
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ This option is used to un-freeze the filesystem and allow operations to
 continue.  Any filesystem modifications that were blocked by the freeze are
 unblocked and allowed to complete.
 .IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP"
-Show version number and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH AUTHOR
 .PP
 Written by Hajime Taira.

diff --git a/sys-utils/fstrim.8 b/sys-utils/fstrim.8
index f3708b5acfa94e9feb73d5522740a1dd7002829f..0709f9a8c5b56e40b29e68c5f2cc49cae68100df 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/fstrim.8
+++ b/sys-utils/fstrim.8
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g. "K" has the same
 meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes KB=1000, MB=1000*1000, and so on for GB, TB,
 PB, EB, ZB and YB.
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-Print help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-o, \-\-offset\fP \fIoffset\fP"
 Byte offset in filesystem from which to begin searching for free blocks
 to discard.  Default value is zero, starting at the beginning of the

diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.8 b/sys-utils/hwclock.8
index 868c2b90a5689ba3da627b4a603a204bd91a4dac..09f1edc5ed9123dfcd7ffc23f09e2c5da3fde621 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/hwclock.8
+++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.8
@@ -117,12 +117,10 @@ the difference every 10 seconds.  This will also print the frequency
 offset and tick.
 .TP
 .BR \-h , \ \-\-help
-Display a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-V , \ \-\-version
-Display the version of
-.B hwclock
-and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 .PP

diff --git a/sys-utils/ipcmk.1 b/sys-utils/ipcmk.1
index 0900a19b1f54a3acdcbe4d934c41a66659caf8c0..bc2417d95b6886d2837ab22c95249ca878eac811 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/ipcmk.1
+++ b/sys-utils/ipcmk.1
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ Message queue.
 Permission for the resource. Default is 0644.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display a short help message and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .PP
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR ipcrm (1),

diff --git a/sys-utils/ipcs.1 b/sys-utils/ipcs.1
index c070d1a62eaab4557f43b900e64d94414c620765..453ce5c01d430ef2ac07e1dacd6ff06e6a67e5e2 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/ipcs.1
+++ b/sys-utils/ipcs.1
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Print details only on the resource identified by
 .IR id .
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
 Display version information and exit.

diff --git a/sys-utils/ldattach.8 b/sys-utils/ldattach.8
index 8ce14f3c1060e79e565d93e7fe6b4c5ccc4eb60a..52bb7874fcb5b8e3b28b3c2e6263e39dcc9aa856 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/ldattach.8
+++ b/sys-utils/ldattach.8
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ to stay in the foreground so that it can be interrupted or debugged,
 and to print verbose messages about its progress to the standard error output.
 .TP
 \fB-h\fP | \fB--help\fP
-Prints a usage message and exits.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 \fB-V\fP | \fB--version\fP
-Prints the program version.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB-s\fP \fIvalue\fP | \fB--speed\fP \fIvalue\fP
 Set the speed of the serial line to the specified value.

diff --git a/sys-utils/lscpu.1 b/sys-utils/lscpu.1
index 19c964ae35b512420ffb87d51bd327fbab7bfe24..3ce82171aaec6a60a8b1210dfef02c3e771b3f95 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/lscpu.1
+++ b/sys-utils/lscpu.1
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ When specifying the \fIlist\fP argument, the string of option, equal sign (=), a
 Examples: '\fB-e=cpu,node\fP' or '\fB--extended=cpu,node\fP'.
 .TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Display help information and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-p , " \-\-parse" [=\fIlist\fP]
 Optimize the command output for easy parsing.

diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8
index 46abbf614a6d7328c011b48b8b54578397ebbe45..6a5edd047cc31d9448a2f14d1cde2b162b739536 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/mount.8
+++ b/sys-utils/mount.8
@@ -553,9 +553,9 @@ Command line options available for the
 .B mount
 command:
 .IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP"
-Output version.
+Display version information and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-Print a help message.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-v, \-\-verbose\fP"
 Verbose mode.
 .IP "\fB\-a, \-\-all\fP"

diff --git a/sys-utils/mountpoint.1 b/sys-utils/mountpoint.1
index 5eb415692e6364a35349d2f3e330635e6e731a42..687462485a107f1fb3868baa79c6486b44593fa2 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/mountpoint.1
+++ b/sys-utils/mountpoint.1
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mountpoint \- see if a directory is a mountpoint
 checks if the directory is mentioned in the /proc/self/mountinfo file.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-Print help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-q, \-\-quiet\fP"
 Be quiet - don't print anything.
 .IP "\fB\-d, \-\-fs\-devno\fP"

diff --git a/sys-utils/nsenter.1 b/sys-utils/nsenter.1
index e3c08afa3dfbb46dfa6e73b60bce002e5888a1c5..60ee6b3da99ac985168d6a69e9ce3227c2f345bf 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/nsenter.1
+++ b/sys-utils/nsenter.1
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ any children will also be in the newly entered PID namespace.
 Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display a help message and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR setns (2),
 .BR clone (2)

diff --git a/sys-utils/pivot_root.8 b/sys-utils/pivot_root.8
index e2609728ad50d527d6cffc0c549ca8c2b8d893c6..525eb438e0bce686d57534e030d1935334296dd5 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/pivot_root.8
+++ b/sys-utils/pivot_root.8
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ shell's root or not).
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 Change the root file system to /dev/hda1 from an interactive shell:
 .sp

diff --git a/sys-utils/prlimit.1 b/sys-utils/prlimit.1
index 262319953a6852af7049854d8b4432816662aadb..95bc87607e31e2f81c86b9538bbab541b574b9ee 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/prlimit.1
+++ b/sys-utils/prlimit.1
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Specify the process id, if none is given, it will use the running process.
 Define the output columns to use. If no output arrangement is specified, then a default set is used.
 Use \fB\-\-help\fP to  get list of all supported columns.
 .IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP"
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-\-verbose\fP"
 Verbose mode.
 .IP "\fB\-\-raw\fP"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Use the raw output format.
 .IP "\fB\-\-noheadings\fP"
 Do not print a header line.
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-Print a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 
 .SH RESOURCE OPTIONS
 .IP "\fB\-c, \-\-core\fP[=limits]"

diff --git a/sys-utils/readprofile.8 b/sys-utils/readprofile.8
index ec1c226346e3882452b0be469559e122cf0e5f5c..f4e4dd53c63b6ddd2a77e064fa7f877408cea039 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/readprofile.8
+++ b/sys-utils/readprofile.8
@@ -86,12 +86,10 @@ the second is the name of the function, the third is the number of
 clock ticks and the last is the normalized load.
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-This makes
-.B readprofile
-print its version number and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 Browse the profiling buffer ordering by clock ticks:
 .nf

diff --git a/sys-utils/renice.1 b/sys-utils/renice.1
index f90ebe22b0d87b90296332d4662281dbd53afe93..538687e3410c4fdcf02fd2547dc4830857a48028 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/renice.1
+++ b/sys-utils/renice.1
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ Force the succeeding arguments to be interpreted as process IDs
 (the default).
 .TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Display a help text.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-V , " \-\-version"
-Display version information.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 The following command would change the priority of the processes with
 PIDs 987 and 32, plus all processes owned by the users daemon and root:

diff --git a/sys-utils/rtcwake.8 b/sys-utils/rtcwake.8
index def3faaefd778708ab3b7c28e647af34cb0bc070..02ab5cc1541e22c0dde0cd621a3f90cf5fdd14c3 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/rtcwake.8
+++ b/sys-utils/rtcwake.8
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ appropriate for such suspend modes.
 Be verbose.
 .TP
 \fB-h\fP | \fB--help\fP
-Display a short help message that shows how to use the program.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 \fB-V\fP | \fB--version\fP
-Displays version information and exists.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB-n\fP | \fB--dry-run\fP
-This option does everything but actually setup alarm, suspend system or wait 
-for the alarm.
+This option does everything apart from actually setting up the alarm,
+suspending the system, or waiting for the alarm.
 .TP
 \fB-A\fP | \fB--adjfile\fP \fIfile\fP
 Specifies an alternative path to the adjust file.

diff --git a/sys-utils/setarch.8 b/sys-utils/setarch.8
index ea885c4ba6f771a489993fa8db5c1ac64477ac90..f8c748fbe49108df541b8816d51ad72a6eb08f00 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/setarch.8
+++ b/sys-utils/setarch.8
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ is /bin/sh.
 Be verbose.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display help (it is also displayed when setarch takes no arguments).
+Display help text and exit.
+(The help text is also displayed when \fBsetarch\fR receives no arguments.)
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-uname\-2.6\fR
 Causes the program to see a kernel version number beginning with 2.6.

diff --git a/sys-utils/setpriv.1 b/sys-utils/setpriv.1
index 89cd60cf5d059302ac000a3109701abd1e7f23df..62467ad6be2137b88aca7813f026878b021f38d4 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/setpriv.1
+++ b/sys-utils/setpriv.1
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ to fail at AppArmor's whim.
 Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH NOTES
 If applying any specified option fails,
 .I program

diff --git a/sys-utils/swapon.8 b/sys-utils/swapon.8
index d2f1bc51acfe974157b6cdc9a04e6564d6560648..f30dd9bdbe58cecbfe66558f2d402584cae25fa1 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/swapon.8
+++ b/sys-utils/swapon.8
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ match that of the current running kernel.
 initializes the whole device and does not check for bad blocks.
 .TP
 .B \-h, \-\-help
-Provide help.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .B "\-L \fIlabel\fP"
 Use the partition that has the specified
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Use the partition that has the specified
 Be verbose.
 .TP
 .B "\-V, \-\-version"
-Display version.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH NOTES
 You should not use
 .B swapon

diff --git a/sys-utils/switch_root.8 b/sys-utils/switch_root.8
index debf0c87d24bec256da45ff83026e6cac00eddec..e61dba62705f33c006783ed7ace0a48487faa226 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/switch_root.8
+++ b/sys-utils/switch_root.8
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ process.
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-show help and exit
+Display help text and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP"
-show version number and exit
+Display version information and exit.
 
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 .B switch_root

diff --git a/sys-utils/umount.8 b/sys-utils/umount.8
index d8afe1f456fa20707e0fdf234baadcc2e41b6ad9..2f3679db217fba197b943ad7daacf04f8691b326 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/umount.8
+++ b/sys-utils/umount.8
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ to specify the file system types on which no action should be taken.
 Verbose mode.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Print help message and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-Print version and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH "THE LOOP DEVICE"
 The
 .B umount

diff --git a/sys-utils/unshare.1 b/sys-utils/unshare.1
index dfd418919a85e061a2e57696811ee4c70812e3ad..d88b073444873c3a1f8ae9932a26c5c30d33f982 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/unshare.1
+++ b/sys-utils/unshare.1
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ See \fBclone\fR(2) for the exact semantics of the flags.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Display a help message and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-i , " \-\-ipc"
 Unshare the IPC namespace.

diff --git a/sys-utils/wdctl.8 b/sys-utils/wdctl.8
index 0c9a3acdb259b3015f21097b0ca021b3ad9adf3f..61ba5c30d2fe8126531d7128015b564a58d5571c 100644 (file)
--- a/sys-utils/wdctl.8
+++ b/sys-utils/wdctl.8
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ output arrangement is specified, then a default set is used.  Use
 to get list of all supported columns.
 .IP "\fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-oneline\fP"
 Print all wanted information on one line in key="value" output format.
-.IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fP"
-Output version information and exit.
 .IP "\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-raw\fP"
 Use the raw output format.
 .IP "\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-flags-only\fP"
 Same as \fB\-I \-T\fP.
 .IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fP"
-Print a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
+.IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fP"
+Display version information and exit.
 .SH AUTHORS
 .MT kzak@\:redhat\:.com
 Karel Zak

diff --git a/term-utils/mesg.1 b/term-utils/mesg.1
index 60d942339541226715ecda8b1344652c4db1fba5..f7ebf4195d4bc36025d8460294725e316b1bad39 100644 (file)
--- a/term-utils/mesg.1
+++ b/term-utils/mesg.1
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ Permits messages to be displayed.
 Explain what is being done.
 .TP
 .B \-V, \-\-verbose
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 .B \-h, \-\-help
-Output help screen and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .PP
 If no arguments are given,
 .B mesg

diff --git a/term-utils/script.1 b/term-utils/script.1
index 1e430d845ca7c5f5a42cda6c122bc3bba0d8dfed..60a0e53a0e83912276cc23132550aff8d251a4d6 100644 (file)
--- a/term-utils/script.1
+++ b/term-utils/script.1
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ field indicates how many characters were output this time.  This information
 can be used to replay typescripts with realistic typing and output delays.
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Output help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH NOTES
 The script ends when the forked shell exits (a
 .I control-D

diff --git a/term-utils/scriptreplay.1 b/term-utils/scriptreplay.1
index 343f436cd8f92d5c96768a8a5a8309c709aa72a6..20b6d93bc6b325ce3938f3c80290375837bb3238 100644 (file)
--- a/term-utils/scriptreplay.1
+++ b/term-utils/scriptreplay.1
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ because it divides the timings by this factor.
 Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Display a help message and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH "EXAMPLE"
 .nf
 % script --timing=file.tm script.out

diff --git a/term-utils/setterm.1 b/term-utils/setterm.1
index cde41143ac9c481fcaac0f43495baea45038aa04..9b44333ee5d03c4137044da8d56811ff80efe613 100644 (file)
--- a/term-utils/setterm.1
+++ b/term-utils/setterm.1
@@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ Overrides the TERM environment variable.
 Sets the color for underlined characters.
 .TP
 .BR \-version
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-help
-Output help screen and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR tput (1),
 .BR stty (1),

diff --git a/text-utils/col.1 b/text-utils/col.1
index 2b36c85038d856b6988e574e09c9b244de899fc6..c6aa8c4fa9e91ffb9b9d2c338908ec9d061971b6 100644 (file)
--- a/text-utils/col.1
+++ b/text-utils/col.1
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ lines in memory.  By default, 128 lines are buffered.
 .It Fl V, Fl Fl version
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-H\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Output help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH NOTES
 The control sequences for carriage motion that
 .B col

diff --git a/text-utils/colcrt.1 b/text-utils/colcrt.1
index f8a5420a32eea00c23fa1b092db6417445d71eb1..cf9f23921fe25cb3edc63494fa1bdc3ef3243fa0 100644 (file)
--- a/text-utils/colcrt.1
+++ b/text-utils/colcrt.1
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ option is useful for sending output to the line printer when the output
 contains superscripts and subscripts which would otherwise be invisible.
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Output help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 A typical use of
 .B colcrt

diff --git a/text-utils/colrm.1 b/text-utils/colrm.1
index 03c7f13cfc1f0763eecf7f27d9ece3ef6d69f595..fdb2fbca1462c041c7b0cc5103d43d334ca0ff13 100644 (file)
--- a/text-utils/colrm.1
+++ b/text-utils/colrm.1
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ Column numbering starts with column 1.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Output help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR awk (1),
 .BR column (1),

diff --git a/text-utils/column.1 b/text-utils/column.1
index fd87f50a5f4f0ece6f5ce9970692f2514d333fdc..33c09e4b12a4a2bcc8ece46e2dab15c24e53dd56 100644 (file)
--- a/text-utils/column.1
+++ b/text-utils/column.1
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Specify the columns delimiter for table output (default is two spaces).
 .IP "\fB\-x, \-\-fillrows\fP"
 Fill columns before filling rows.
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
-Display a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 The environment variable COLUMNS is used to determine the size of
 the screen if no other information is available.

diff --git a/text-utils/rev.1 b/text-utils/rev.1
index a50a4c56dfbde9e40d269593d4921d81b3f48061..4b0bd7af3dff455ef115ebd10c320276787d60e5 100644 (file)
--- a/text-utils/rev.1
+++ b/text-utils/rev.1
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ characters in every line.  If no files are specified, standard input is read.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Output help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR tac (1)
 .SH AVAILABILITY

diff --git a/text-utils/tailf.1 b/text-utils/tailf.1
index 49eda0b459f1c6d22f1aec017dc1945e03162ddd..1cdbff16ddc16c5b97ce877f1e2613cc838c8ca8 100644 (file)
--- a/text-utils/tailf.1
+++ b/text-utils/tailf.1
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ output the last
 lines, instead of the last 10.
 .TP
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version
-Output version information and exit.
+Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help
-Display help and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 
 .SH AUTHOR
 This program was originally written by Rik Faith (faith@acm.org) and may be freely

diff --git a/text-utils/ul.1 b/text-utils/ul.1
index 9ed93790a9babfbe731b544cb5e2573e35ed0eb0..78fdd5fc9c9649bc6e6c71a98a3ba5ef4d867e4d 100644 (file)
--- a/text-utils/ul.1
+++ b/text-utils/ul.1
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ type specified in the environment with
 Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
-Display a help text and exit.
+Display help text and exit.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 The following environment variable is used:
 .TP