[tip:perf/diff] perf diff: Improve the help text

tip-bot for Ingo Molnar
2009-12-15T14:31:25Z

Commit-ID: d30531c67210f4c73d0f9661998ceeebb0a230ee
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/d30531c67210f4c73d0f9661998ceeebb0a230ee
Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
AuthorDate: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:24:08 +0100
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
CommitDate: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:26:18 +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@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.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
--------