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diff --git a/man/shutdown.xml b/man/shutdown.xml index b07736ee68..97f33e802a 100644 --- a/man/shutdown.xml +++ b/man/shutdown.xml @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ <refnamediv> <refname>shutdown</refname> - <refpurpose>Halt, power-off or reboot the machine</refpurpose> + <refpurpose>Halt, power off or reboot the machine</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> @@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ <refsect1> <title>Description</title> - <para><command>shutdown</command> may be used to halt, power-off - or reboot the machine.</para> + <para><command>shutdown</command> may be used to halt, power off, or reboot the machine.</para> <para>The first argument may be a time string (which is usually <literal>now</literal>). Optionally, this may be followed by a @@ -81,47 +80,41 @@ <term><option>-P</option></term> <term><option>--poweroff</option></term> - <listitem><para>Power-off the machine (the - default).</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Power the machine off (the default).</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-r</option></term> <term><option>--reboot</option></term> - <listitem><para>Reboot the - machine.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Reboot the machine.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-h</option></term> - <listitem><para>Equivalent to <option>--poweroff</option>, - unless <option>--halt</option> is specified.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>The same as <option>--poweroff</option>, but does not override the action to take if + it is "halt". E.g. <command>shutdown --reboot -h</command> means "poweroff", but <command>shutdown + --halt -h</command> means "halt".</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-k</option></term> - <listitem><para>Do not halt, power-off, reboot, just write - wall message.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Do not halt, power off, or reboot, but just write the wall message.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>--no-wall</option></term> - <listitem><para>Do not send wall - message before - halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Do not send wall message before halt, power off, or reboot.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-c</option></term> - <listitem><para>Cancel a pending shutdown. This may be used - to cancel the effect of an invocation of - <command>shutdown</command> with a time argument that is not - <literal>+0</literal> or + <listitem><para>Cancel a pending shutdown. This may be used to cancel the effect of an invocation of + <command>shutdown</command> with a time argument that is not <literal>+0</literal> or <literal>now</literal>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |