diff --git a/ps/ps.1 b/ps/ps.1 index b90adc82..660a797b 100644 --- a/ps/ps.1 +++ b/ps/ps.1 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ .\" Quick hack conversion by Albert Cahalan, 1998. .\" Licensed under version 2 of the Gnu General Public License. .\" -.TH PS 1 "July 2014" "procps-ng" "User Commands" +.TH PS 1 "June 2015" "procps-ng" "User Commands" .\" .\" To render this page: .\" groff -t -b -man -X -P-resolution -P100 -Tps ps.1 & @@ -826,8 +826,9 @@ will be destroyed by .IR init (8) if the parent process exits. .PP -If the length of the username is greater than the length of the display -column, the numeric user ID is displayed instead. +If the length of the username is greater than the length of the display +column, the username will be truncated. See the -o and -O formatting +options to customize length. .PP Commands options such as .B ps \-aux