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authorJan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>2013-09-12 21:12:49 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2013-09-12 22:09:57 +0200
commit79640424059328268b9fb6c5fa8eb777b27a177e (patch)
treee3579216d1afd438e667044869dcdf9c732ef18c /man/timedatectl.xml
parent982e44dbc3e70c97e83464a30354b80973d52b41 (diff)
man: wording and grammar updates
This is a recurring submission and includes corrections to various issue spotted. I guess I can just skip over reporting ubiquitous comma placement fixes… Highligts in this particular commit: - the "unsigned" type qualifier is completed to form a full type "unsigned int" - alphabetic -> lexicographic (that way we automatically define how numbers get sorted)
Diffstat (limited to 'man/timedatectl.xml')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/timedatectl.xml b/man/timedatectl.xml
index 9aade29a78..be0ad3f012 100644
--- a/man/timedatectl.xml
+++ b/man/timedatectl.xml
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@
<listitem><para>If
<command>set-local-rtc</command> is
- invoked and this option is passed the
+ invoked and this option is passed, the
system clock is synchronized from the
RTC again, taking the new setting into
- account. Otherwise the RTC is
+ account. Otherwise, the RTC is
synchronized from the system
clock.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
timezones can be listed with
<command>list-timezones</command>. If
the RTC is configured to be in the
- local time this will also update the
+ local time, this will also update the
RTC time. This call will alter the
<filename>/etc/localtime</filename>
symlink. See
@@ -184,17 +184,17 @@
<term><command>set-local-rtc [BOOL]</command></term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean
- argument. If <literal>0</literal> the
+ argument. If <literal>0</literal>, the
system is configured to maintain the
- RTC in universal time, if
- <literal>1</literal> it will maintain
+ RTC in universal time. If
+ <literal>1</literal>, it will maintain
the RTC in local time instead. Note
that maintaining the RTC in the local
timezone is not fully supported and
will create various problems with time
zone changes and daylight saving
- adjustments. If at all possible use
- RTC in UTC. Note that invoking this
+ adjustments. If at all possible, keep the
+ RTC in UTC mode. Note that invoking this
will also synchronize the RTC from the
system clock, unless
<option>--adjust-system-clock</option> is