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 .\" 
 .TH E2LABEL 8 "@E2FSPROGS_MONTH@ @E2FSPROGS_YEAR@" "E2fsprogs version @E2FSPROGS_VERSION@"
 .SH NAME
-e2label \- Change the label on an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem
+e2label \- Change the label on an ext2/ext3/ext4 file system
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B e2label
 .I device
@@ -14,38 +14,43 @@ e2label \- Change the label on an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B e2label
 will display or change the volume label on the ext2, ext3, or ext4
-filesystem located on
-.I device.  
+file system located on
+.I device.
 .PP
-If the optional argument 
+If the optional argument
 .I volume-label
-is not present, 
+is not present,
 .B e2label
 will simply display the current volume label.
 .PP
 If the optional argument
 .I volume-label
-is present, then 
+is present, then
 .B e2label
 will set the volume label to be
 .IR volume-label .
 Ext2 volume labels can be at most 16 characters long; if
 .I volume-label
-is longer than 16 characters, 
+is longer than 16 characters,
+.B e2label
+will truncate it and print a warning message.  For other file systems that
+support online label manipulation and are mounted
 .B e2label
-will truncate it and print a warning message.  
+will work as well, but it will not attempt to truncate the
+.I volume-label
+at all.
 .PP
 It is also possible to set the volume label using the
 .B \-L
-option of 
+option of
 .BR tune2fs (8).
 .PP
 .SH AUTHOR
-.B e2label 
+.B e2label
 was written by Theodore Ts'o (tytso@mit.edu).
 .SH AVAILABILITY
 .B e2label
-is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from 
+is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from
 http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR mke2fs (8),