[Bug 215666] man page zfs(8) confusing for sending a filesystem

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            Bug ID: 215666
           Summary: man page zfs(8) confusing for sending a filesystem
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: freebsd-doc at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: joost at jodocus.org

The man page states:

===
     zfs send [-eL] [-i snapshot|bookmark] filesystem|volume|snapshot

         Generate a send stream, which may be of a filesystem, and may be
         incremental from a bookmark.  If the destination is a filesystem or
         volume, the pool must be read-only, or the filesystem must not be
         mounted.  When the stream generated from a filesystem or volume is
         received, the default snapshot name will be (--head--).
===

I believe the destination is always stdout and never a filesystem or volume.
However the source can be a filesystem or a volume and I think it makes sense
modifications should not be possible while sending.

IMO the text would be better understood (at least by me) if "destination" is
replaced with "source".

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