libnm/docs: improve wording for documentation of [match] setting options

3 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting-match.c b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting-match.c
index 9bfaf8e66f..9efca1e817 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting-match.c
+++ b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting-match.c
@@ -828,16 +828,16 @@ nm_setting_match_class_init(NMSettingMatchClass *klass)
      * NMSettingMatch:kernel-command-line
      *
      * A list of kernel command line arguments to match. This may be used to check
-     * whether a specific kernel command line option is set (or if prefixed with
-     * the exclamation mark unset). The argument must either be a single word, or
-     * an assignment (i.e. two words, separated "="). In the former case the kernel
+     * whether a specific kernel command line option is set (or unset, if prefixed with
+     * the exclamation mark). The argument must either be a single word, or
+     * an assignment (i.e. two words, joined by "="). In the former case the kernel
      * command line is searched for the word appearing as is, or as left hand side
      * of an assignment. In the latter case, the exact assignment is looked for
-     * with right and left hand side matching.
+     * with right and left hand side matching. Wildcard patterns are not supported.
      *
      * See NMSettingMatch:interface-name for how special characters '|', '&',
      * '!' and '\\' are used for optional and mandatory matches and inverting the
-     * pattern.
+     * match.
      *
      * Since: 1.26
      **/
diff --git a/src/libnmc-setting/settings-docs.h.in b/src/libnmc-setting/settings-docs.h.in
index 425eb9a6ac..731ed43ef7 100644
--- a/src/libnmc-setting/settings-docs.h.in
+++ b/src/libnmc-setting/settings-docs.h.in
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 #define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_MACVLAN_TAP N_("Whether the interface should be a MACVTAP.")
 #define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_MATCH_DRIVER N_("A list of driver names to match. Each element is a shell wildcard pattern. See NMSettingMatch:interface-name for how special characters '|', '&', '!' and '\\' are used for optional and mandatory matches and inverting the pattern.")
 #define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_MATCH_INTERFACE_NAME N_("A list of interface names to match. Each element is a shell wildcard pattern. An element can be prefixed with a pipe symbol (|) or an ampersand (&). The former means that the element is optional and the latter means that it is mandatory. If there are any optional elements, than the match evaluates to true if at least one of the optional element matches (logical OR). If there are any mandatory elements, then they all must match (logical AND). By default, an element is optional. This means that an element \"foo\" behaves the same as \"|foo\". An element can also be inverted with exclamation mark (!) between the pipe symbol (or the ampersand) and before the pattern. Note that \"!foo\" is a shortcut for the mandatory match \"&!foo\". Finally, a backslash can be used at the beginning of the element (after the optional special characters) to escape the start of the pattern. For example, \"&\\!a\" is an mandatory match for literally \"!a\".")
-#define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_MATCH_KERNEL_COMMAND_LINE N_("A list of kernel command line arguments to match. This may be used to check whether a specific kernel command line option is set (or if prefixed with the exclamation mark unset). The argument must either be a single word, or an assignment (i.e. two words, separated \"=\"). In the former case the kernel command line is searched for the word appearing as is, or as left hand side of an assignment. In the latter case, the exact assignment is looked for with right and left hand side matching. See NMSettingMatch:interface-name for how special characters '|', '&', '!' and '\\' are used for optional and mandatory matches and inverting the pattern.")
+#define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_MATCH_KERNEL_COMMAND_LINE N_("A list of kernel command line arguments to match. This may be used to check whether a specific kernel command line option is set (or unset, if prefixed with the exclamation mark). The argument must either be a single word, or an assignment (i.e. two words, joined by \"=\"). In the former case the kernel command line is searched for the word appearing as is, or as left hand side of an assignment. In the latter case, the exact assignment is looked for with right and left hand side matching. Wildcard patterns are not supported. See NMSettingMatch:interface-name for how special characters '|', '&', '!' and '\\' are used for optional and mandatory matches and inverting the match.")
 #define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_MATCH_PATH N_("A list of paths to match against the ID_PATH udev property of devices. ID_PATH represents the topological persistent path of a device. It typically contains a subsystem string (pci, usb, platform, etc.) and a subsystem-specific identifier. For PCI devices the path has the form \"pci-$domain:$bus:$device.$function\", where each variable is an hexadecimal value; for example \"pci-0000:0a:00.0\". The path of a device can be obtained with \"udevadm info /sys/class/net/$dev | grep ID_PATH=\" or by looking at the \"path\" property exported by NetworkManager (\"nmcli -f general.path device show $dev\"). Each element of the list is a shell wildcard pattern. See NMSettingMatch:interface-name for how special characters '|', '&', '!' and '\\' are used for optional and mandatory matches and inverting the pattern.")
 #define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_OVS_BRIDGE_DATAPATH_TYPE N_("The data path type. One of \"system\", \"netdev\" or empty.")
 #define DESCRIBE_DOC_NM_SETTING_OVS_BRIDGE_FAIL_MODE N_("The bridge failure mode. One of \"secure\", \"standalone\" or empty.")
diff --git a/src/nmcli/generate-docs-nm-settings-nmcli.xml.in b/src/nmcli/generate-docs-nm-settings-nmcli.xml.in
index 09eaad9f71..949ba431d6 100644
--- a/src/nmcli/generate-docs-nm-settings-nmcli.xml.in
+++ b/src/nmcli/generate-docs-nm-settings-nmcli.xml.in
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@
         <property name="interface-name"
                   description="A list of interface names to match. Each element is a shell wildcard pattern. An element can be prefixed with a pipe symbol (|) or an ampersand (&amp;). The former means that the element is optional and the latter means that it is mandatory. If there are any optional elements, than the match evaluates to true if at least one of the optional element matches (logical OR). If there are any mandatory elements, then they all must match (logical AND). By default, an element is optional. This means that an element &quot;foo&quot; behaves the same as &quot;|foo&quot;. An element can also be inverted with exclamation mark (!) between the pipe symbol (or the ampersand) and before the pattern. Note that &quot;!foo&quot; is a shortcut for the mandatory match &quot;&amp;!foo&quot;. Finally, a backslash can be used at the beginning of the element (after the optional special characters) to escape the start of the pattern. For example, &quot;&amp;\!a&quot; is an mandatory match for literally &quot;!a&quot;." />
         <property name="kernel-command-line"
-                  description="A list of kernel command line arguments to match. This may be used to check whether a specific kernel command line option is set (or if prefixed with the exclamation mark unset). The argument must either be a single word, or an assignment (i.e. two words, separated &quot;=&quot;). In the former case the kernel command line is searched for the word appearing as is, or as left hand side of an assignment. In the latter case, the exact assignment is looked for with right and left hand side matching. See NMSettingMatch:interface-name for how special characters &apos;|&apos;, &apos;&amp;&apos;, &apos;!&apos; and &apos;\&apos; are used for optional and mandatory matches and inverting the pattern." />
+                  description="A list of kernel command line arguments to match. This may be used to check whether a specific kernel command line option is set (or unset, if prefixed with the exclamation mark). The argument must either be a single word, or an assignment (i.e. two words, joined by &quot;=&quot;). In the former case the kernel command line is searched for the word appearing as is, or as left hand side of an assignment. In the latter case, the exact assignment is looked for with right and left hand side matching. Wildcard patterns are not supported. See NMSettingMatch:interface-name for how special characters &apos;|&apos;, &apos;&amp;&apos;, &apos;!&apos; and &apos;\&apos; are used for optional and mandatory matches and inverting the match." />
         <property name="driver"
                   description="A list of driver names to match. Each element is a shell wildcard pattern. See NMSettingMatch:interface-name for how special characters &apos;|&apos;, &apos;&amp;&apos;, &apos;!&apos; and &apos;\&apos; are used for optional and mandatory matches and inverting the pattern." />
         <property name="path"