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authorBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>2011-01-10 15:44:50 +0000
committerBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>2011-01-10 16:34:38 +0000
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ethtool.8: Reword synopses for consistency and style
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
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.TH ETHTOOL 8 "January 2011" "Ethtool version @VERSION@"
.SH NAME
-ethtool \- Display or change network driver and hardware settings
+ethtool \- query or control network driver and hardware settings
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ethtool
.I ethX
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ ethtool \- Display or change network driver and hardware settings
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BI ethtool
-is used for querying and changing settings of a network device driver
-and hardware, particularly for wired Ethernet devices.
+is used to query and control network device driver and hardware
+settings, particularly for wired Ethernet devices.
.I ethX
is the name of the network device on which ethtool should operate.