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authorpetere <petere@0070b5ef-2f16-0410-befa-9a02bd1d6ddb>2007-11-26 14:46:19 +0000
committerpetere <petere@0070b5ef-2f16-0410-befa-9a02bd1d6ddb>2007-11-26 14:46:19 +0000
commit617411d85521e1ba0d1e5b29477cd8bf6f7eebd9 (patch)
treeafed9ab4b740fc8169ae0be6957cc816a0902703 /debian/man/ntpdate.8
parent03bcf39fe952b94cb679ab88fe5a107b2b985d24 (diff)
downloadntp-617411d85521e1ba0d1e5b29477cd8bf6f7eebd9.tar.gz
* Various manpage and NEWS fixes (patches by Justin Pryzby and Vincent
Lefevre) (closes: #439726, #450721) git-svn-id: svn://svn.debian.org/pkg-ntp/ntp/trunk@183 0070b5ef-2f16-0410-befa-9a02bd1d6ddb
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diff --git a/debian/man/ntpdate.8 b/debian/man/ntpdate.8
index 18c5a7e..a2576b6 100644
--- a/debian/man/ntpdate.8
+++ b/debian/man/ntpdate.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sets the local date and time by polling the Network Time
Protocol (NTP) server(s) given as the
.I server
arguments to determine
-the correct time. It must be run as root on the local host. A number
+the correct time. It must be run as root on the local host (unless the option \fB\-q\fR is used). A number
of samples are obtained from each of the servers specified and a
subset of the NTP clock filter and selection algorithms are applied to
select the best of these. Note that the accuracy and reliability of
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ unprivileged ports.
Be verbose. This option will cause ntpdate's version
identification string to be logged.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
-\fBntpdate\fP's exit status is zero if it finds a server
-and updates the clock, and nonzero otherwise.
+\fBntpdate\fP's exit status is zero if it found a server
+and could update the clock, and nonzero otherwise.
.SH FILES
.TP
.I /etc/ntp.keys