[Bug 230080] efibootmgr(8): Missing documentation of options -d, -p

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230080

            Bug ID: 230080
           Summary: efibootmgr(8): Missing documentation of options -d, -p
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Manual Pages
          Assignee: bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: ohartmann at walstatt.org
                CC: doc at FreeBSD.org

The efibootmgr(8) is lacking proper documentation of the options -d (assuming
device?) and -p (assuming partition?), as those options appear out of the blue
in the examples, explaining how to create variables:

[...]
The efibootmgr program can      be used to create new EFI boot variables. To
     create a new boot var pointing to an installation on partition 1 of
     device ada0 using the given loader with a description FreeBSD-11:

           efibootmgr -c -d ada0 -p 1 -l/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI -L FreeBSD-11

     This will result in the next available  [...]

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