From: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 18:23:04 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: man/modprobe.8: document --show-exports
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man/modprobe.8: document --show-exports

The option was introduced a few years ago, yet the manual page went
without an update. Add some basic documentation.

Cc: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>
Fixes: 3ada8df8 ("modprobe: add --show-exports")
Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
Link: https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/pull/353
Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man/modprobe.8.scd b/man/modprobe.8.scd
index 065313a6..fd3de105 100644
--- a/man/modprobe.8.scd
+++ b/man/modprobe.8.scd
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ database.
 	For compatibility reasons *--dump-modversions* is also accepted for this
 	option but will be removed after kmod 36.
 
+*--show-exports*
+	Print out a list of symbols exported by the module. This option is
+	commonly used to inspect the function list, while investigating loading
+	of modules with partial or missing dependencies.
+
 *-d*, *--dirname*
 	Root directory for modules, / by default.