debugfs.8, e2fsck.8: clarify man pages these programs can operate on files

Addresses-Debian-Bug: #766127

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>

diff --git a/debugfs/debugfs.8.in b/debugfs/debugfs.8.in
index 662cc9a..7c7cdcc 100644 (file)
--- a/debugfs/debugfs.8.in
+++ b/debugfs/debugfs.8.in
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@ The
 .B debugfs
 program is an interactive file system debugger. It can be used to
 examine and change the state of an ext2, ext3, or ext4 file system.
-.br
+.PP
 .I device
-is the special file corresponding to the device containing the
-file system (e.g /dev/hdXX).
+is a block device (e.g., /dev/sdXX) or a file containing the file system.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .I \-w

diff --git a/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in b/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in
index cf75bd6..915273d 100644 (file)
--- a/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in
+++ b/e2fsck/e2fsck.8.in
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ will normally replay the journal and exit, unless its superblock
 indicates that further checking is required.
 .PP
 .I device
-is the device file where the filesystem is stored (e.g.
-.IR /dev/hdc1 ).
+is a block device (e.g., 
+.IR /dev/sdc1 )
+or file containing the file system.
 .PP
 Note that in general it is not safe to run
 .B e2fsck