From 61b6ec88572c15b84969048f978c339daa73341e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 17:57:29 +0200
Subject: patch.man: Clarify --forward description

---
 patch.man | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/patch.man b/patch.man
index 2c9def5..e919eae 100644
--- a/patch.man
+++ b/patch.man
@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ Interpret the patch file as a normal diff.
 .TP
 \fB\-N\fP  or  \fB\*=forward\fP
 When a patch does not apply, patch usually checks if the patch looks like it
-has been reversed.  The \fB\*=forward\fP option prevents that.
-See also
+has been applied already by trying to reverse-apply the first hunk.  The
+\fB\*=forward\fP option prevents that.  See also
 .BR \-R .
 .TP
 \fB\-o\fP \fIoutfile\fP  or  \fB\*=output=\fP\fIoutfile\fP
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