</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--reload-rules</option></term>
+ <term><option>--reload</option></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules files.
- The udev daemon detects changes automatically, this option is
- usually not needed. Reloading rules does not apply any changes
- to already existing devices.</para>
+ <para>Signal udevd to reload the rules files and other databases like the kernel
+ module index. Reloading rules and databases does not apply any changes to already
+ existing devices; the new configuration will only be applied to new events.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--timeout=</option><replaceable>seconds</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The maximum number seonds to wait for a reply from udevd.</para>
+ <para>The maximum number seconds to wait for a reply from udevd.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>