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Message-ID: <tip-0afd1f750292da52e4b1129be82de9c065275764@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:27:34 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
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	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
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Subject: [tip:perf/diff] perf diff: Improve the help text

Commit-ID:  0afd1f750292da52e4b1129be82de9c065275764
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/0afd1f750292da52e4b1129be82de9c065275764
Author:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
AuthorDate: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:24:08 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:24:08 +0100

perf diff: Improve the help text

Fix the short line displayed by 'perf' and also fix some other
details in the longer text.

Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index bd1ee55..b7c393b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ perf-diff(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-perf-diff - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display the profile
+perf-diff - Read two perf.data files and display the differential profile
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-This command displays the performance difference among two perf.data files
+This command displays the performance difference amongst two perf.data files
 captured via perf record.
 
 If no parameters are passed it will assume perf.data.old and perf.data.
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 -p::
 --percentage::
-	Show percentages instead of raw counters
+	Show percentages instead of raw counts
 -v::
 --verbose::
-	Be verbose, for instance, show the raw counters in addition to the
+	Be verbose, for instance, show the raw counts in addition to the
 	diff.
 SEE ALSO
 --------
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