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diff --git a/man/hwdb.xml b/man/hwdb.xml index 80939dd95d..2b1e60fb22 100644 --- a/man/hwdb.xml +++ b/man/hwdb.xml @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ <refsect1><title>Description</title> <para>The hardware database is a key-value store for associating modalias-like keys to - udev-properties-like values. It is used primarily by udev to add the relevant properties + udev-property-like values. It is used primarily by udev to add the relevant properties to matching devices, but it can also be queried directly.</para> </refsect1> @@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ <para>The hwdb file contains data records consisting of matches and associated key-value pairs. Every record in the hwdb starts with one or - more match string, specifying a shell glob to compare the database + more match strings, specifying a shell glob to compare the database lookup string against. Multiple match lines are specified in additional - consecutive lines. Every match line is compared individually, they are + consecutive lines. Every match line is compared individually, and they are combined by OR. Every match line must start at the first character of the line.</para> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ and compiled to a binary database located at <filename>/etc/udev/hwdb.bin</filename>, or alternatively <filename>/usr/lib/udev/hwdb.bin</filename> if you want ship the compiled database in an immutable image. - During runtime only the binary database is used.</para> + During runtime, only the binary database is used.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> |