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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-12-15 10:24:08 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-12-15 15:26:18 +0100
commitd30531c67210f4c73d0f9661998ceeebb0a230ee (patch)
tree391db2aee86be1d54fe87ad12fc9f9c5312a4aa2 /tools/perf/Documentation
parent0f624e7e5625f4c30c836b7a5decfe2553582391 (diff)
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>
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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt8
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index bd1ee55cef6..b7c393bf9ec 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
--------