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Date:      Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:50:07 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r212498 - head/sbin/newfs
Message-ID:  <201009121750.o8CHo7ts089681@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: gjb (doc committer)
Date: Sun Sep 12 17:50:07 2010
New Revision: 212498
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/212498

Log:
  Rewording and typo fixes in newfs(8).
  
  PR:		150490
  Submitted by:	Eitan Adler <foreignuser at eitanadler com>
  Additional fixes by:	Warren Block <wblock at wonkity com>, keramida
  Approved by:	keramida (mentor)
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/sbin/newfs/newfs.8

Modified: head/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/newfs/newfs.8	Sun Sep 12 17:04:51 2010	(r212497)
+++ head/sbin/newfs/newfs.8	Sun Sep 12 17:50:07 2010	(r212498)
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ The following options define the general
 Erase the content of the disk before making the filesystem.
 The reserved area in front of the superblock (for bootcode) will not be erased.
 .Pp
-This is a relevant option for flash based storage devices that use
-wear levelling algorithms.
+This option is only relevant for flash based storage devices that use
+wear-leveling algorithms.
 .Pp
-NB: Erasing may take as long time as writing every sector on the disk.
+Erasing may take a long time as it writes to every sector on the disk.
 .It Fl J
 Enable journaling on the new file system via gjournal.
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