invalidate rules and kmod index with 'udevadm control --reload'

[elogind.git] / udev / udevadm.xml

diff --git a/udev/udevadm.xml b/udev/udevadm.xml
index 09c22c44b1945f9904c6753bd245d83db23a4cb9..455ce80ca9c69840bd073fcbe5963856d5cf2581 100644 (file)
--- a/udev/udevadm.xml
+++ b/udev/udevadm.xml
@@ -339,12 +339,11 @@
           </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>