Add note to passwd(1) that --maxdays -1 disables the setting.

This note already exists in chage(1).

diff --git a/man/passwd.1.xml b/man/passwd.1.xml
index 1a53d001b297614ae89b46f48d1e7c2b5859b406..0e8ba3287aa9e8f3db4286f7e03d9998e74842f4 100644 (file)
--- a/man/passwd.1.xml
+++ b/man/passwd.1.xml
@@ -363,6 +363,11 @@
            <replaceable>MAX_DAYS</replaceable>, the password is required
            to be changed.
          </para>
+         <para>
+           Passing the number <emphasis remap='I'>-1</emphasis> as
+           <replaceable>MAX_DAYS</replaceable> will remove checking a
+           password's validity.
+         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>