blockdev: document --setro more properly

Addresses: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/498
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>

diff --git a/disk-utils/blockdev.8 b/disk-utils/blockdev.8
index c9eeb9b41ea75966316628a8bf6c773afa82ebfa..d23829dfe2194e16ce67496d1c435150047fec44 100644 (file)
--- a/disk-utils/blockdev.8
+++ b/disk-utils/blockdev.8
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ Set filesystem readahead (same like \-\-setra on 2.6 kernels).
 .IP "\fB\-\-setra\fP \fIsectors\fP"
 Set readahead (in 512-byte sectors).
 .IP "\fB\-\-setro\fP"
-Set read-only.
+Set read-only. The currently active access to the device may not be affected by the change. For example
+filesystem already mounted in read-write mode will not be affected. The change applies after remount.
 .IP "\fB\-\-setrw\fP"
 Set read-write.
 .SH AUTHOR