From 97458da8088ca00454ba7607a48a3758cf5db8b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Rybar Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:06:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] vmstat and watch manpage slight fixes vmstat - align wording with proc manpage to clarify ambiguities (rhbz#1796043) watch - manpage presumes ntp tools are present by default (which they're not on rpm and deb distros, rhbz#1583669) --- vmstat.8 | 2 +- watch.1 | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/vmstat.8 b/vmstat.8 index acf437e5..4511c50d 100644 --- a/vmstat.8 +++ b/vmstat.8 @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Display help and exit. .B "Procs" .nf r: The number of runnable processes (running or waiting for run time). -b: The number of processes in uninterruptible sleep. +b: The number of processes blocked waiting for I/O to complete. .fi .PP .SS diff --git a/watch.1 b/watch.1 index 256c36b7..e06e04e8 100644 --- a/watch.1 +++ b/watch.1 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ every .I interval seconds. Try it with .B ntptime -and notice how the fractional seconds stays (nearly) the same, as opposed to +(if present) and notice how the fractional seconds stays (nearly) the same, as opposed to normal mode where they continuously increase. .TP \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-no\-title\fR @@ -190,4 +190,4 @@ watch uname \-r .I \-p isn't guaranteed to work across reboots, especially in the face of .B ntpdate -or other bootup time-changing mechanisms) +(if present) or other bootup time-changing mechanisms)