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-rw-r--r--man/systemd-escape.xml7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-escape.xml b/man/systemd-escape.xml
index dbb3869a24..acf8e0a02e 100644
--- a/man/systemd-escape.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-escape.xml
@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@
<term><option>-p</option></term>
<listitem><para>When escaping or unescaping a string, assume
- it refers to a file system path. This enables special
- processing of the initial <literal>/</literal> of the
- path.</para></listitem>
+ it refers to a file system path. This eliminates leading,
+ trailing or duplicate <literal>/</literal> characters
+ and rejects <literal>.</literal> and <literal>..</literal>
+ path components.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>