[PATCH 2/8] docs: improve and harmonize the description of -H / --list-columns

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.util-linux
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]>
---
 lsfd-cmd/lsfd.1.adoc      | 3 ++-
 misc-utils/findmnt.8.adoc | 3 ++-
 misc-utils/lsblk.8.adoc   | 3 ++-
 misc-utils/lslocks.8.adoc | 3 ++-
 sys-utils/lsns.8.adoc     | 3 ++-
 5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lsfd-cmd/lsfd.1.adoc b/lsfd-cmd/lsfd.1.adoc
index d1a78f105..b0ba2ba53 100644
--- a/lsfd-cmd/lsfd.1.adoc
+++ b/lsfd-cmd/lsfd.1.adoc
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ Dump the definition of counters used in *--summary* output.
 Print paths as terminal hyperlinks. The _mode_ can be set to "always", "never", or "auto". The optional argument _when_ can be set to "auto", "never", or "always". If the _when_ argument is omitted, it will default to "auto". The "auto" setting means that hyperlinks will only be used if the output is on a terminal.
 
 *-H*, *--list-columns*::
-List available columns that you can specify at *--output* option.
+List the columns that can be specified with the *--output* option.
+Can be used with *--json* or *--raw* to get the list in a machine-readable format.
 
 include::man-common/help-version.adoc[]
 
diff --git a/misc-utils/findmnt.8.adoc b/misc-utils/findmnt.8.adoc
index 9ac9316e3..a26fb8ca2 100644
--- a/misc-utils/findmnt.8.adoc
+++ b/misc-utils/findmnt.8.adoc
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ Search in an alternative file. If used with *--fstab*, *--mtab* or *--kernel*, t
 Print the first matching filesystem only.
 
 *-H*, *--list-columns*::
-List the available columns, use with *--json* or *--raw* to get output in machine-readable format.
+List the columns that can be specified with the *--output* option.
+Can be used with *--json* or *--raw* to get the list in a machine-readable format.
 
 *--hyperlink*[**=**_mode_]::
 Print mountpoint paths as terminal hyperlinks. The optional _mode_ argument
diff --git a/misc-utils/lsblk.8.adoc b/misc-utils/lsblk.8.adoc
index 742fe5f68..8151525af 100644
--- a/misc-utils/lsblk.8.adoc
+++ b/misc-utils/lsblk.8.adoc
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ Disable all built-in filters and list all empty devices and RAM disk devices too
 include::man-common/in-bytes.adoc[]
 
 *-H*, *--list-columns*::
-List the available columns, use with *--json* or *--raw* to get output in machine-readable format.
+List the columns that can be specified with the *--output* option.
+Can be used with *--json* or *--raw* to get the list in a machine-readable format.
 
 *-D*, *--discard*::
 Print information about the discarding capabilities (TRIM, UNMAP) for each device.
diff --git a/misc-utils/lslocks.8.adoc b/misc-utils/lslocks.8.adoc
index 2084d96c0..2395d86fb 100644
--- a/misc-utils/lslocks.8.adoc
+++ b/misc-utils/lslocks.8.adoc
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ lslocks - list local system locks
 include::man-common/in-bytes.adoc[]
 
 *-H*, *--list-columns*::
-List the available columns, use with *--json* or *--raw* to get output in machine-readable format.
+List the columns that can be specified with the *--output* option.
+Can be used with *--json* or *--raw* to get the list in a machine-readable format.
 
 *-i*, *--noinaccessible*::
 Ignore lock files which are inaccessible for the current user.
diff --git a/sys-utils/lsns.8.adoc b/sys-utils/lsns.8.adoc
index 88c2b848f..3cbe3504e 100644
--- a/sys-utils/lsns.8.adoc
+++ b/sys-utils/lsns.8.adoc
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ Note that *lsns* reads information directly from the _/proc_ filesystem and for
 == OPTIONS
 
 *-H*, *--list-columns*::
-List the available columns, use with *--json* or *--raw* to get output in machine-readable format.
+List the columns that can be specified with the *--output* option.
+Can be used with *--json* or *--raw* to get the list in a machine-readable format.
 
 *-J*, *--json*::
 Use JSON output format.
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