Thanks for the report. This is indeed an issue. That description actually belongs to "-RR", not to "-R".
I'll update the Debian package accordingly and it will propagate to Ubuntu afterwards. ** Changed in: screen (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1459653 Title: manpage of -R gives the impression that screen -R always resumes a session To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/1459653/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs