From 06fadcc6b17c3b9a534540dd6d74b0c5fb1d948d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 15:47:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] man/rmmod: explain why modprobe -r is more useful

Improve user experience by explaining the option so the user may
not search explanations in other manpages (modprobe).

Signed-off-by: Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>
---
 man/rmmod.xml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/rmmod.xml b/man/rmmod.xml
index e7c7e5f9e7dc..67bcbedd972b 100644
--- a/man/rmmod.xml
+++ b/man/rmmod.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
       want to use
       <citerefentry>
         <refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
-      </citerefentry> with the <option>-r</option> option instead.
+      </citerefentry> with the <option>-r</option> option instead
+      since it removes unused dependent modules as well.
     </para>
   </refsect1>
 
--- a/man/rmmod.8	2020-12-28 02:58:30.085851136 +0200
+++ b/man/rmmod.8	2023-02-09 16:55:55.967128297 +0200
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 .\"     Title: rmmod
 .\"    Author: Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
 .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\"      Date: 12/27/2020
+.\"      Date: 02/09/2023
 .\"    Manual: rmmod
 .\"    Source: kmod
 .\"  Language: English
 .\"
-.TH "RMMOD" "8" "12/27/2020" "kmod" "rmmod"
+.TH "RMMOD" "8" "02/09/2023" "kmod" "rmmod"
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" * Define some portability stuff
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 \fBmodprobe\fR(8)
 with the
 \fB\-r\fR
-option instead\&.
+option instead since it removes unused dependent modules as well\&.
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .PP
 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
-- 
2.39.1