commit:     3552f0ae548d68effd4411ad4080e7b13fe627c5
Author:     William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs <AT> gmail <DOT> com>
AuthorDate: Mon Dec  5 18:23:37 2016 +0000
Commit:     William Hubbs <williamh <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Mon Dec  5 18:25:52 2016 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/openrc.git/commit/?id=3552f0ae

man/start-stop-daemon.8: clarify documentation about --pidfile option

The documentation implied that if you stop a daemon we handle multiple
pids in a pid file. This is not correct. We only handle the first pid.

X-Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=601540

 man/start-stop-daemon.8 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/start-stop-daemon.8 b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
index 112cd5f..1506a1a 100644
--- a/man/start-stop-daemon.8
+++ b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ is used.
 .It Fl p , -pidfile Ar pidfile
 When starting, we expect the daemon to create a valid
 .Ar pidfile
-within a reasonable amount of time. When stopping we only stop the pid(s)
+within a reasonable amount of time. When stopping we only stop the first pid
 listed in the
 .Ar pidfile .
 .It Fl n , -name Ar name

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