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diff --git a/man/hostname.xml b/man/hostname.xml index f89332e983..5971ad4345 100644 --- a/man/hostname.xml +++ b/man/hostname.xml @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ <refnamediv> <refname>hostname</refname> - <refpurpose>Local host name configuration file</refpurpose> + <refpurpose>Local hostname configuration file</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> @@ -59,17 +59,17 @@ during boot, with the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> system call. It should contain a single - newline-terminated host name string. The - host name may be a free-form string up to 64 characters - in length, however it is recommended that it consists - only of 7bit ASCII lower-case characters and no spaces or dots, + newline-terminated hostname string. The + hostname may be a free-form string up to 64 characters + in length; however, it is recommended that it consists + only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and no spaces or dots, and limits itself to the format allowed for DNS domain name labels, even though this is not a strict requirement.</para> - <para>Depending on the operating system other + <para>Depending on the operating system, other configuration files might be checked for configuration - of the host name as well, however only as fallback.</para> + of the hostname as well, however only as fallback.</para> <para>You may use <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> |