From: Bryan Østergaard <kloeri@exherbo.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:32:44 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Add note to passwd(1) that --maxdays -1 disables the setting.
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Add note to passwd(1) that --maxdays -1 disables the setting.

This note already exists in chage(1).
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diff --git a/man/passwd.1.xml b/man/passwd.1.xml
index 1a53d001b..0e8ba3287 100644
--- 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>