diff --git a/free.1 b/free.1 index 15f2b768..0cbab5d1 100644 --- a/free.1 +++ b/free.1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" This page Copyright (C) 1993 Matt Welsh, mdw@sunsite.unc.edu. .\" Long options where added at April 15th, 2011. .\" Freely distributable under the terms of the GPL -.TH FREE 1 "Apr 2015" "procps-ng" "User Commands" +.TH FREE 1 "Jul 2016" "procps-ng" "User Commands" .SH NAME free \- Display amount of free and used memory in the system .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ Used memory (calculated as \fBtotal\fR - \fBfree\fR - \fBbuffers\fR - \fBcache\f Unused memory (MemFree and SwapFree in /proc/meminfo) .TP \fBshared\fR -Memory used (mostly) by tmpfs (Shmem in /proc/meminfo, available on -kernels 2.6.32, displayed as zero if not available) +Memory used (mostly) by tmpfs (Shmem in /proc/meminfo) .TP \fBbuffers\fR Memory used by kernel buffers (Buffers in /proc/meminfo) @@ -137,14 +136,15 @@ Display version information. /proc/meminfo memory information .PD +.SH BUGS +The value for the \fBshared\fR column is not available from kernels before +2.6.32 and is displayed as zero. +.TP +Please send bug reports to +.UR procps@freelists.org +.UE .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR ps (1), .BR slabtop (1), .BR top "(1), .BR vmstat (8). -.SH AUTHORS -Written by Brian Edmonds. -.SH "REPORTING BUGS" -Please send bug reports to -.UR procps@freelists.org -.UE