udevadm: control - add comment to man page about --reload-rules

[elogind.git] / udev / udevadm.xml

diff --git a/udev/udevadm.xml b/udev/udevadm.xml
index 1092498a4645682b2f66fc27644903692c92336a..5996c013838d65f4facca6ba95f3fb2bdc72da5e 100644 (file)
--- a/udev/udevadm.xml
+++ b/udev/udevadm.xml
@@ -278,7 +278,10 @@
             <varlistentry>
               <term><option>--reload-rules</option></term>
               <listitem>
-                <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules from the config.</para>
+                <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules files.
+                Usually the udev daemon detects changes automatically, this may
+                only be needed on systems without inotify support. Reloading rules
+                does not apply any changes to already existing devices.</para>
               </listitem>
             </varlistentry>
             <varlistentry>