From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 17:21:35 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: udevadm: control - add comment to man page about --reload-rules
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udevadm: control - add comment to man page about --reload-rules
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diff --git a/udev/udevadm.xml b/udev/udevadm.xml
index 1092498a4..5996c0138 100644
--- 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>