Signed-off-by: Peter Meerwald <[email protected]>
---
 man/pactl.1.xml.in | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/pactl.1.xml.in b/man/pactl.1.xml.in
index 29071b3..5ef6554 100644
--- a/man/pactl.1.xml.in
+++ b/man/pactl.1.xml.in
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ USA.
       <optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified sink (identified by its 
symbolic name or numerical index).
       <arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a 
linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
       (e.g.  10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB).  If the volume 
specification start with a + or - the volume
-      adjustment will be relative to the current sink volume.</p></optdesc>
+      adjustment will be relative to the current sink volume.  A single volume 
value affects all channels; if multiple
+      volume values are given their number has to match the sink's number of 
channels.</p></optdesc>
     </option>
 
     <option>
@@ -201,21 +202,24 @@ USA.
       <optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified source (identified by its 
symbolic name or numerical index).
       <arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a 
linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
       (e.g.  10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB).  If the volume 
specification start with a + or - the volume
-      adjustment will be relative to the current source volume.</p></optdesc> 
</option>
+      adjustment will be relative to the current source volume.  A single 
volume value affects all channels; if multiple
+      volume values are given their number has to match the source's number of 
channels.</p></optdesc> </option>
 
     <option>
       <p><opt>set-sink-input-volume</opt> <arg>INPUT</arg> 
<arg>VOLUME</arg></p>
       <optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified sink input (identified by 
its numerical index).
       <arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a 
linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
       (e.g.  10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB).  If the volume 
specification start with a + or - the volume
-      adjustment will be relative to the current sink input 
volume.</p></optdesc> </option>
+      adjustment will be relative to the current sink input volume.  A single 
volume value affects all channels; if multiple
+      volume values are given their number has to match the sink input's 
number of channels.</p></optdesc> </option>
 
     <option>
       <p><opt>set-source-output-volume</opt> <arg>OUTPUT</arg> 
<arg>VOLUME</arg></p>
       <optdesc><p>Set the volume of the specified source output (identified by 
its numerical index).
       <arg>VOLUME</arg> can be specified as an integer (e.g. 2000, 16384), a 
linear factor (e.g. 0.4, 1.100), a percentage
       (e.g.  10%, 100%) or a decibel value (e.g. 0dB, 20dB).  If the volume 
specification start with a + or - the volume
-      adjustment will be relative to the current source output 
volume.</p></optdesc>
+      adjustment will be relative to the current source output volume.  A 
single volume value affects all channels; if multiple
+      volume values are given their number has to match the source output's 
number of channels.</p></optdesc>
     </option>
 
     <option>
-- 
1.8.3.2

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