journalctl: clarify -q option

-q suppresses info messages too
2015-10-22 23:18:17 +00:00
parent b8c89d3c42
commit 20d936ba81
2 changed files with 4 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -368,7 +368,9 @@
        <term><option>-q</option></term>
        <term><option>--quiet</option></term>

-        <listitem><para>Suppresses any warning messages regarding
+        <listitem><para>Suppresses all info messages
+        (i.e. "-- Logs begin at ...", "-- Reboot --"),
+        any warning messages regarding
        inaccessible system journals when run as a normal
        user.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static void help(void) {
               "  -x --catalog             Add message explanations where available\n"
               "     --no-full             Ellipsize fields\n"
               "  -a --all                 Show all fields, including long and unprintable\n"
-               "  -q --quiet               Do not show privilege warning\n"
+               "  -q --quiet               Do not show info messages and privilege warning\n"
               "     --no-pager            Do not pipe output into a pager\n"
               "  -m --merge               Show entries from all available journals\n"
               "  -D --directory=PATH      Show journal files from directory\n"