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authorOndrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com>2014-04-08 09:48:47 +0200
committerKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>2014-04-23 11:55:09 +0200
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addpart: minor man page improvements
Signed-off-by: Ondrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--disk-utils/addpart.88
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diff --git a/disk-utils/addpart.8 b/disk-utils/addpart.8
index 9dcd0a324..875ca9efb 100644
--- a/disk-utils/addpart.8
+++ b/disk-utils/addpart.8
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
.TH ADDPART 8 "January 2007" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
addpart \-
-simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl
+a simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B addpart
.I device partition start length
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B addpart
-is a program that informs the Linux kernel of new partition.
+is a program that informs the Linux kernel of a new partition.
-This command doesn't manipulate partitions on hard drive.
+This command doesn't manipulate partitions on the hard drive.
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Specify the disk device.
Specify the partition number.
.TP
.I start
-Specify the begin of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
+Specify the beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
.TP
.I length
Specify the length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).