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diff --git a/man/systemd-cat.xml b/man/systemd-cat.xml
index ba7a2cf0c..4098a76bc 100644
--- a/man/systemd-cat.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-cat.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
along with systemd; If not, see .
-->
-
+systemd-cat
@@ -60,18 +61,18 @@
Descriptionsystemd-cat may be used to
- connect STDOUT and STDERR of a process with the
+ connect the standard input and output of a process to the
journal, or as a filter tool in a shell pipeline to
pass the output the previous pipeline element
generates to the journal.If no parameter is passed,
systemd-cat will write
- everything it reads from standard input (STDIN) to the journal.
+ everything it reads from standard input (stdin) to the journal.
If parameters are passed, they are executed as
- command line with standard output (STDOUT) and standard
- error output (STDERR) connected to the journal, so
+ command line with standard output (stdout) and standard
+ error output (stderr) connected to the journal, so
that all it writes is stored in the journal.
@@ -81,20 +82,8 @@
The following options are understood:
-
-
-
-
- Prints a short help
- text and exits.
-
-
-
-
-
- Prints a short version
- string and exits.
-
+
+
@@ -169,7 +158,7 @@
Invoke a programThis calls /bin/ls
- with STDOUT/STDERR connected to the
+ with standard output and error connected to the
journal:# systemd-cat ls
@@ -188,8 +177,8 @@
Even though the two examples have very similar
effects the first is preferable since only one process
- is running at a time, and both STDOUT and STDERR are
- captured while in the second example only STDOUT is
+ is running at a time, and both stdout and stderr are
+ captured while in the second example, only stdout is
captured.