docs/157467: grammar and style nits in gpart.8

Ben Kaduk kaduk at mit.edu
Tue May 31 16:50:05 UTC 2011


>Number:         157467
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       grammar and style nits in gpart.8
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue May 31 16:50:05 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ben Kaduk
>Release:        9-current
>Organization:
MIT SIPB
>Environment:
n/a
>Description:
The attached patch fixes a few grammar nits in the man page, and corrects style by starting a sentence on a new line.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


Patch attached with submission follows:

--- gpart.8.orig	2011-05-31 12:25:46.000000000 -0400
+++ gpart.8	2011-05-31 12:42:31.000000000 -0400
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD: src/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8,v 1.31 2011/05/30 11:17:42 ae Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd May 30, 2011
+.Dd May 31, 2011
 .Dt GPART 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -794,12 +794,12 @@
 command.
 This command does reconstruction of corrupt metadata using 
 known valid metadata.
-Also it can relocate secondary GPT to the end of device.
+Also it can relocate the secondary GPT to the end of device.
 .Pp
 .Pa NOTE :
 The GEOM class PART can detect the same partition table on different GEOM 
 providers and some of them will be marked as corrupt.
-Be careful when choosing a provider for recovering.
+Be careful when choosing a provider for recovery.
 If you choose incorrectly you can destroy the metadata of another GEOM class,
 e.g. GEOM MIRROR or GEOM LABEL.
 .Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
@@ -812,10 +812,11 @@
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It Va kern.geom.part.check_integrity : No 1
 This variable controls the behaviour of metadata integrity checks.
-When integrity checks are enabled
+When integrity checks are enabled, the
 .Nm PART
 GEOM class verifies all generic partition parameters that it gets from the
-disk metadata. If some inconsistency is detected, partition table will be
+disk metadata.
+If some inconsistency is detected, the partition table will be
 rejected with a diagnostic message:
 .Pa GEOM_PART: Integrity check failed (provider, scheme) .
 .Sh EXIT STATUS


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