It might not be clear what is meant with "to make sure the shell leaves it alone".
Signed-off-by: Adriano Carvalho <[email protected]> --- tools/buildman/buildman.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/buildman/buildman.rst b/tools/buildman/buildman.rst index a6ae9b0a9d1..709fe82f845 100644 --- a/tools/buildman/buildman.rst +++ b/tools/buildman/buildman.rst @@ -1273,8 +1273,9 @@ Some options have values, in which case you can change them: buildman -a 'BOOTCOMMAND="echo hello"' CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x1000 -Note that you must put quotes around string options and the whole thing must be -in single quotes, to make sure the shell leave it alone. +Note that you must put quotes around string options and the whole argument must +be in single quotes to ensure that the shell recognizes it as a single +argument. If you try to set an option that does not exist, or that cannot be changed for some other reason (e.g. it is 'selected' by another option), then buildman -- 2.48.1
