findmnt: improve spelling, wording and order of help text

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

diff --git a/misc-utils/findmnt.c b/misc-utils/findmnt.c
index 7e6a8f53914f0c8fce26be50926e516f5b322ff3..e919a9694aa62654461099bd9ba77bf4b3351b1b 100644 (file)
--- a/misc-utils/findmnt.c
+++ b/misc-utils/findmnt.c
@@ -772,31 +772,31 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE *out)
        "\nOptions:\n"
        " -s, --fstab            search in static table of filesystems\n"
        " -m, --mtab             search in table of mounted filesystems\n"
-       " -k, --kernel           search in kernel table of mounted \n"
-        "                        filesystems (default)\n\n"
+       " -k, --kernel           search in kernel table of mounted\n"
+        "                          filesystems (default)\n\n"
 
        " -p, --poll[=<list>]    monitor changes in table of mounted filesystems\n"
-       " -w, --timeout <num>    upper limit in millisecods which --poll will block\n\n"
+       " -w, --timeout <num>    upper limit in milliseconds that --poll will block\n\n"
 
+       " -a, --ascii            use ASCII chars for tree formatting\n"
        " -c, --canonicalize     canonicalize printed paths\n"
-       " -d, --direction <word> search direction - 'forward' or 'backward'\n"
-       " -e, --evaluate         print all TAGs (LABEL/UUID) evaluated\n"
+       " -d, --direction <word> direction of search, 'forward' or 'backward'\n"
+       " -e, --evaluate         convert tags (LABEL/UUID) to device names\n"
         " -f, --first-only       print the first found filesystem only\n"
-       " -h, --help             print this help\n"
-       " -i, --invert           invert sense of matching\n"
+       " -h, --help             display this help text and exit\n"
+       " -i, --invert           invert the sense of matching\n"
        " -l, --list             use list format output\n"
-       " -n, --noheadings       don't print headings\n"
+       " -n, --noheadings       don't print column headings\n"
        " -u, --notruncate       don't truncate text in columns\n"
        " -O, --options <list>   limit the set of filesystems by mount options\n"
-       " -o, --output <list>    output columns\n"
+       " -o, --output <list>    the output columns to be shown\n"
        " -P, --pairs            use key=\"value\" output format\n"
        " -r, --raw              use raw output format\n"
-       " -a, --ascii            use ascii chars for tree formatting\n"
-       " -t, --types <list>     limit the set of filesystem by FS types\n"
+       " -t, --types <list>     limit the set of filesystems by FS types\n"
        " -v, --nofsroot         don't print [/dir] for bind or btrfs mounts\n"
-       " -R, --submounts        print all submount for the matching filesystems\n"
-       " -S, --source <string>  device, LABEL= or UUID=device\n"
-       " -T, --target <string>  mountpoint\n\n"));
+       " -R, --submounts        print all submounts for the matching filesystems\n"
+       " -S, --source <string>  the device to mount (by name, LABEL= or UUID=)\n"
+       " -T, --target <string>  the mountpoint to use\n\n"));
 
 
        fprintf(out, _("\nAvailable columns:\n"));