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diff --git a/man/hostnamectl.xml b/man/hostnamectl.xml
index 28e875daf..6746a7042 100644
--- a/man/hostnamectl.xml
+++ b/man/hostnamectl.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
along with systemd; If not, see .
-->
-
+hostnamectl
@@ -49,7 +50,9 @@
- hostnamectl OPTIONSCOMMAND
+ hostnamectl
+ OPTIONS
+ COMMAND
@@ -75,13 +78,13 @@
Note that the pretty hostname has little
restrictions on the characters used, while the static
and transient hostnames are limited to the usually
- accepted characters of internet domain names.
+ accepted characters of Internet domain names.
The static hostname is stored in
/etc/hostname, see
hostname5
for more information. The pretty hostname, chassis
- type and icon name are stored in
+ type, and icon name are stored in
/etc/machine-info, see
machine-id5.
@@ -92,25 +95,10 @@
The following options are understood:
-
-
-
-
- Prints a short help
- text and exits.
-
-
-
-
-
- Prints a short version
- string and exits.
-
-
- Don't query the user
+ Do not query the user
for authentication for privileged
operations.
@@ -123,30 +111,32 @@
before executing the operation.
-
-
-
-
- Execute the operation
- remotely. Specify a hostname, or
- username and hostname separated by @,
- to connect to. This will use SSH to
- talk to a remote
- system.
-
-
If
- set-hostname is
- invoked and one or more of these
- options are passed, only the selected
- hostname(s) is/are
- updated.
+ status is used (or
+ no explicit command is given) and one
+ of those fields is given,
+ hostnamectl will
+ print out just this selected
+ hostname.
+
+ If used with
+ set-hostname, only
+ the selected hostname(s) will be
+ updated. When more than one of those
+ options is used, all the specified
+ hostnames will be updated.
+
+
+
+
+
+ The following commands are understood:
@@ -244,7 +234,7 @@
Exit status
- On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
code otherwise.