From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:14:56 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: zramctl: (man) explain that --find is necessary
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zramctl: (man) explain that --find is necessary

Addresses: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1589148
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/sys-utils/zramctl.8 b/sys-utils/zramctl.8
index ccfb8901dd..c6ecdc3d5a 100644
--- a/sys-utils/zramctl.8
+++ b/sys-utils/zramctl.8
@@ -42,13 +42,18 @@ is used to quickly set up zram device parameters, to reset zram devices, and to
 query the status of used zram devices.
 .PP
 If no option is given, all non-zero size zram devices are shown.
+.PP
+Note that \fIzramdev\fP node specified on command line has to already exist. The command
+.B zramctl
+creates a new /dev/zram<N> nodes only when \fB\-\-find\fR option specified. It's possible
+(and common) that after system boot /dev/zram<N> nodes are not created yet.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BR \-a , " \-\-algorithm lzo" | lz4 | lz4hc | deflate | 842
 Set the compression algorithm to be used for compressing data in the zram device.
 .TP
 .BR \-f , " \-\-find"
-Find the first unused zram device.  If a \fB--size\fR argument is present, then
+Find the first unused zram device.  If a \fB\-\-size\fR argument is present, then
 initialize the device.
 .TP
 .BR \-n , " \-\-noheadings"