From 551d20f044f3fa5e4f59d6303f1a2a70c1bf2297 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Allan Jude <allanjude@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 02:09:21 +0000
Subject: Loader: explain the syntax of currdev

The origin text was: "Syntax for devices is odd."
That is not very helpful.

PR:		199103
Reviewed by:	kevans, tsoome
Sponsored by:	Klara Inc.
Event:		July 2020 Bugathon
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25629
---
 stand/man/loader.8 | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'stand/man')

diff --git a/stand/man/loader.8 b/stand/man/loader.8
index 33101659db7b..de9c4743c7b8 100644
--- a/stand/man/loader.8
+++ b/stand/man/loader.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd August 15, 2018
+.Dd July 11, 2020
 .Dt LOADER 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -479,8 +479,14 @@ In that case, the first listed console will become the default console for
 userland output (e.g.\& from
 .Xr init 8 ) .
 .It Va currdev
-Selects the default device.
-Syntax for devices is odd.
+Selects the default device to loader the kernel from.
+The syntax is:
+.Dl Ic loader_device:
+or
+.Dl Ic zfs:dataset:
+Examples:
+.Dl Ic disk0p2:
+.Dl Ic zfs:zroot/ROOT/default:
 .It Va dumpdev
 Sets the device for kernel dumps.
 This can be used to ensure that a device is configured before the corresponding
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