Fix docs.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 481ea271ce623143cf04520f76af8ddcb25d1d00..ea3a27d22b81abe4e572168fcb719b2851f56a84 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ New conversion specifiers are implemented.  Some of them take
 optional arguments, supplied in curly braces between the percent
 sign and the specifier letter.
 
-  %d        -  output number of seconds since tar started
-  %{r,w,d}T -  output I/O totals; optional arguments supply prefixes
+  %d        -  Number of seconds since tar started.
+  %{r,w,d}T -  I/O totals; optional arguments supply prefixes
                to be used before number of bytes read, written and
               deleted, correspondingly.
-  %{FMT}t   -  output current local time using FMT as strftime(3) format
-               If {FMT} is omitted, use %c
-  %{N}*     - pad output with spaces to the Nth column, or to the 
-              current screen width, if {N} is not given.
-  %c        -  a shortcut for "%{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}t: %ds, %{read,wrote}T%*\r"
+  %{FMT}t   -  Current local time using FMT as strftime(3) format.
+               If {FMT} is omitted, use %c.
+  %{N}*     -  Pad output with spaces to the Nth column, or to the 
+               current screen width, if {N} is not given.
+  %c        -  A shortcut for "%{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}t: %ds, %{read,wrote}T%*\r"
 
 * New option --one-top-level
 

diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi
index 6323d2181f3c981fe9d44b611c193e9f98ca3fd0..2be123ac9751a22f12111d33772b6814edc0819c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tar.texi
+++ b/doc/tar.texi
@@ -4030,7 +4030,7 @@ Pad output with spaces to the @var{n}th column.  If the
 @samp{@{@var{n}@}} part is omitted, the current screen width
 is assumed.
 
-@item %@var{c}
+@item %c
 This is a shortcut for @samp{%@{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S@}t: %ds, %@{read,wrote@}T%*\r},
 intended mainly for use with @samp{ttyout} action (see below).
 @end table