linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] Documentation: management-style: Reword "had better known the details" phrase

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Message-ID: <20250827044848.17374-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:48:48 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Documentation <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Workflows <workflows@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>,
	Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net>,
	Fox Foster <fox@...dis.ed.ac.uk>,
	Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...a.pv.it>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] Documentation: management-style: Reword "had better known the details" phrase

Management style docs writes on people under a manager, where they know
the details better than the manager himself. Reword it so that it would be
less confusing to non-native English speakers.

Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
---
 Changes since v1 [1]:

   - Reword the confusing phrase (Konstantin)

 [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/20250826003437.7695-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com/

 Documentation/process/management-style.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/management-style.rst b/Documentation/process/management-style.rst
index dfbc69bf49d435..bb7a69e34ef180 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/management-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/management-style.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ actually true.
 The name of the game is to **avoid** having to make a decision.  In
 particular, if somebody tells you "choose (a) or (b), we really need you
 to decide on this", you're in trouble as a manager.  The people you
-manage had better know the details better than you, so if they come to
+manage most likely know the details better than you, so if they come to
 you for a technical decision, you're screwed.  You're clearly not
 competent to make that decision for them.
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ sure as hell shouldn't encourage them by promising them that what they
 work on will be included.  Make them at least think twice before they
 embark on a big endeavor.
 
-Remember: they'd better know more about the details than you do, and
+Remember: they know the details better than you do, and
 they usually already think they have the answer to everything.  The best
 thing you can do as a manager is not to instill confidence, but rather a
 healthy dose of critical thinking on what they do.

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