svn commit: r344922 - head/sbin/fsck

[Wolfram Schneider]

Author: wosch
Date: Fri Mar  8 10:03:16 2019
New Revision: 344922
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/344922

Log:
  explain ``fsck -f'' more in detail
  
  PR:	223491
  Approved by: mckusick, 0mp, imp
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19437

Modified:
  head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8

Modified: head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8	Fri Mar  8 09:33:16 2019	(r344921)
+++ head/sbin/fsck/fsck.8	Fri Mar  8 10:03:16 2019	(r344922)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd October 5, 2016
+.Dd March 5, 2019
 .Dt FSCK 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -142,8 +142,12 @@ only if
 .Nm
 is compiled to support it.
 .It Fl f
-Force checking of file systems, even when they are marked clean (for file systems
-that support this).
+Force checking of file systems.
+Running 
+.Dq Li fsck -f
+ignores the journal and does a full
+consistency check of the disk so will find and fix the errors about which the
+journal is unaware.
 .It Fl n
 Causes
 .Nm