From: Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:30:19 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: man/modprobe: clarify --dirname option
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man/modprobe: clarify --dirname option

The documentation for this flag leads one to believe that the full path
to the module directory is needed. In reality, this flag specifies only
the root of the module path.
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diff --git a/man/modprobe.xml b/man/modprobe.xml
index 0e101a8c..4d7639a1 100644
--- a/man/modprobe.xml
+++ b/man/modprobe.xml
@@ -177,9 +177,7 @@
         <term><option>-d</option> <option>--dirname</option></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            Directory where modules can be found,
-            <filename>/lib/modules/<replaceable>RELEASE</replaceable></filename>
-            by default.
+            Root directory for modules, <filename>/</filename> by default.
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>