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| -rw-r--r-- | man/timedatectl.xml | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/timedate/timedatectl.c | 4 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man/timedatectl.xml b/man/timedatectl.xml index e5d0ef4171..187a7ad26a 100644 --- a/man/timedatectl.xml +++ b/man/timedatectl.xml @@ -104,10 +104,13 @@ <term><command>status</command></term> <listitem><para>Show current settings of the system clock and - RTC, including whether NTP is enabled. Note that the NTP state + RTC, including whether network time synchronization is + enabled. Note that the network time synchronization state simply reflects whether the <filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename> unit is - enabled.</para></listitem> + enabled. Even if the status is shown as off with this command + another service might still synchronize the network over the + network.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> @@ -162,11 +165,13 @@ <varlistentry> <term><command>set-ntp [BOOL]</command></term> - <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Controls whether NTP - based network time synchronization is enabled (if - available). This enables or disables the - <filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename> - unit.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Controls whether + network time synchronous is enabled (if available). This + enables or disables the + <filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename> unit. Note that + even if time synchronization is turned off with this command + another system service might still synchronize the clock with + the network.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> diff --git a/src/timedate/timedatectl.c b/src/timedate/timedatectl.c index 89913cc4ed..58a92d3158 100644 --- a/src/timedate/timedatectl.c +++ b/src/timedate/timedatectl.c @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static void print_status_info(const StatusInfo *i) { tzset(); printf(" Time zone: %s (%.*s)\n" - " NTP enabled: %s\n" + " Network Time on: %s\n" "NTP synchronized: %s\n" " RTC in local TZ: %s\n", strna(i->timezone), (int) sizeof(a), have_time ? a : "n/a", @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static void help(void) { " set-timezone ZONE Set system time zone\n" " list-timezones Show known time zones\n" " set-local-rtc BOOL Control whether RTC is in local time\n" - " set-ntp BOOL Control whether NTP is enabled\n", + " set-ntp BOOL Control whether network time synchronization is enabled\n", program_invocation_short_name); } |