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doc: resolve missing/extraneous words or inappropriate forms
[elogind.git] / man / systemd-ask-password.xml
index 7b0b9ab80930e89bbc74b11063cb8eae22506643..db5cb20db5f51a44f9036495abf235ae6498431e 100644 (file)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                 used to query a system password or passphrase from the
                 user, using a question message specified on the
                 command line. When run from a TTY it will query a
-                password on the TTY and print it to STDOUT. When run
+                password on the TTY and print it to standard output. When run
                 with no TTY or with <option>--no-tty</option> it will
                 query the password system-wide and allow active users
                 to respond via several agents. The latter is
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
                 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents">systemd
                 Password Agent Specification</ulink>.</para>
 
-                <para>If a password is queried on a TTY the user may
+                <para>If a password is queried on a TTY, the user may
                 press TAB to hide the asterisks normally shown for
                 each character typed. Pressing Backspace as first key
                 achieves the same effect.</para>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Specify the query
                                 timeout in seconds. Defaults to
-                                90s.</para></listitem>
+                                90s. A timeout of 0 waits indefinitely.
+                                </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--accept-cached</option></term>
 
-                                <listitem><para>If passed accept
+                                <listitem><para>If passed, accept
                                 cached passwords, i.e. passwords
                                 previously typed in.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Exit status</title>
 
-                <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+                <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
                 code otherwise.</para>
         </refsect1>