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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2020-07-24 12:19:08 +0200
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2020-08-17 19:48:32 +0200
commitb91ae210e62d7630346a9b5545dedc55c7831d95 (patch)
tree56af8e2658dd838c3c83ae06e2457f47d3428b1d /man
parenta9134af2e3ab22eba96228ea6ba440e89213cef2 (diff)
downloadsystemd-b91ae210e62d7630346a9b5545dedc55c7831d95.tar.gz
journal: adjust line about when the journal begins and ends
This comes up occasionally with new users. The phrase "Logs begin ..." is ambiguous because it can be taken to mean the logs being displayed or all logs (the intended meaning). Let's rephrase this as "Journal begins ..." to make this clearer.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/journalctl.xml2
-rw-r--r--man/systemd-run.xml4
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/journalctl.xml b/man/journalctl.xml
index 07310d90a1..e562935eea 100644
--- a/man/journalctl.xml
+++ b/man/journalctl.xml
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
<term><option>--quiet</option></term>
<listitem><para>Suppresses all informational messages
- (i.e. "-- Logs begin at …", "-- Reboot --"),
+ (i.e. "-- Journal begins at …", "-- Reboot --"),
any warning messages regarding
inaccessible system journals when run as a normal
user.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/man/systemd-run.xml b/man/systemd-run.xml
index a88f60fbb6..c1471e108f 100644
--- a/man/systemd-run.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-run.xml
@@ -463,11 +463,11 @@ Mon Dec 8 20:44:24 KST 2014
Running as unit: run-71.timer
Will run service as unit: run-71.service
# journalctl -b -u run-71.timer
--- Logs begin at Fri 2014-12-05 19:09:21 KST, end at Mon 2014-12-08 20:44:54 KST. --
+-- Journal begins at Fri 2014-12-05 19:09:21 KST, ends at Mon 2014-12-08 20:44:54 KST. --
Dec 08 20:44:38 container systemd[1]: Starting /bin/touch /tmp/foo.
Dec 08 20:44:38 container systemd[1]: Started /bin/touch /tmp/foo.
# journalctl -b -u run-71.service
--- Logs begin at Fri 2014-12-05 19:09:21 KST, end at Mon 2014-12-08 20:44:54 KST. --
+-- Journal begins at Fri 2014-12-05 19:09:21 KST, ends at Mon 2014-12-08 20:44:54 KST. --
Dec 08 20:44:48 container systemd[1]: Starting /bin/touch /tmp/foo...
Dec 08 20:44:48 container systemd[1]: Started /bin/touch /tmp/foo.</programlisting>
</example>