From: Lucas Werkmeister <mail@lucaswerkmeister.de>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:34:05 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: man: journalctl: expand description of --all
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man: journalctl: expand description of --all

In the default journalctl output, unprintable entries are abbreviated as
“[<amount> blob data]”; using the same term in the documentation helps
users to quickly discover the option they need to add in order to see
those entries.
---

diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 5102dcdd39f..7c1b094ee0c 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@
           <term><option>-a</option></term>
           <term><option>--all</option></term>
 
-          <listitem><para>Show all fields in full, even if they
-          include unprintable characters or are very
-          long.</para></listitem>
+          <listitem><para>Show all fields in full, even if they include unprintable characters or are very long. By
+          default, fields with unprintable characters are abbreviated as "blob data". (Note that the pager may escape
+          unprintable characters again.)</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
         <varlistentry>