man: add a note about --profile when using dumpconfig --mergedconfig

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/man/lvm-dumpconfig.8.in b/man/lvm-dumpconfig.8.in
index 74489923f..e9fe84ee6 100644
--- a/man/lvm-dumpconfig.8.in
+++ b/man/lvm-dumpconfig.8.in
@@ -80,10 +80,12 @@ complete and they are not meant to be used in production.
 .TP
 .B \-\-mergedconfig
 When the dumpconfig command is run with the \fB\-\-config\fP option
-(a common option that is recognized by all LVM tools, see also
-\fBlvm\fP(8)), merge this configuration with current configuration
-used (see \fB\-\-type current\fP above). Otherwise, only the
-configuration specified within \fB\-\-config\fP option is dumped.
+and/or \fB\-\-profile\fP option (common options that are recognized
+by all LVM tools, see also \fBlvm\fP(8)), merge the \fB\-\-config\fP
+and/or \fB\-\-profile\fP config with current configuration used
+(see \fB\-\-type current\fP above). Otherwise, only the configuration
+specified within \fB\-\-config\fP or \fB\-\-profile\fP option is dumped
+(see also \fBlvm.conf\fP(5) for more info about \fBconfig cascade\fP).
 
 .TP
 .B \-\-validate
diff --git a/man/lvm.conf.5.in b/man/lvm.conf.5.in
index 099c5a739..1bed3d9dc 100644
--- a/man/lvm.conf.5.in
+++ b/man/lvm.conf.5.in
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ exactly the same format as used in any LVM configuration file.
 .LP
 When several configuration methods are used at the same time
 and when LVM looks for the value of a particular setting, it traverses
-this cascade from left to right:
+this \fBconfig cascade\fP from left to right:
 \fBdirect config override on command line\fP -> \fBprofile config\fP -> \fBtag config\fP -> \fBlvm.conf\fP.
 No part of this cascade is compulsory. If there's no setting value found at
 the end of the cascade, a default value is used for that setting.