From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:39:22 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: tune2fs: Clarify manpage regarding how to see the current settings
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tune2fs: Clarify manpage regarding how to see the current settings

Addresses-Debian-Bug: #515693

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.8.in b/misc/tune2fs.8.in
index 5c667f9..253035c 100644
--- a/misc/tune2fs.8.in
+++ b/misc/tune2fs.8.in
@@ -88,7 +88,14 @@ device
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BI tune2fs
 allows the system administrator to adjust various tunable filesystem 
-parameters on Linux ext2/ext3 filesystems.
+parameters on Linux ext2/ext3 filesystems.  The current values of these
+options can be displayed by using the
+.B -l
+option to
+.BR tune2fs (8)
+program, or by using the
+.BR dumpe2fs (8)
+program.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .BI \-c " max-mount-counts"
@@ -319,7 +326,8 @@ that size.
 @JDEV@options can be given for a filesystem.
 .TP
 .B \-l
-List the contents of the filesystem superblock.
+List the contents of the filesystem superblock, including the current
+values of the parameters that can be set via this program.
 .TP
 .BI \-L " volume-label"
 Set the volume label of the filesystem.