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.
 
 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.
                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
 
 
 * 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.
 
 @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
 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