Some minor suggestions to improve [man page](docs/man/dehydrated.1) #571

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adam · 2025-12-29T01:27:25+01:00

adam commented

2025-12-29 01:27:25 +01:00

Originally created by @ZjYwMj on GitHub (Apr 17, 2022).

Modifying a reply at debian-l10n-english for readability here:

Quoting https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/dehydrated/dehydrated.1.en.html

A single line while "example.com example.net" will request a single certificate

Even though the meaning looks to me clear, shouldn't the word while be replaced?

Yes, that looks like a clear typo for "file" (camouflaged by the fact that the sentence might plausibly have been connected to the previous one with a "while" or "whereas").

I've looked through for anything else to moan about while I'm here, but there isn't much.

the previous line has "Dehydrated" where I expected "dehydrated". (In fact I expected it to be highlighted throughout, but never mind that.)

the definition of --force mode has:

Force renew of certificate even if it is longer valid than value in RENEW_DAYS

This isn't quite idiomatic. If I'm correctly guessing what
"--force" does (implying this isn't very urgent) I would suggest:

Force certificate renewal even if it is not due to expire within RENEW_DAYS

Originally created by @ZjYwMj on GitHub (Apr 17, 2022). Modifying a reply at [debian-l10n-english](https://lists.debian.org/debian-l10n-english/2022/04/msg00002.html) for readability here: > > Quoting https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/dehydrated/dehydrated.1.en.html > > > A single line while "example.com example.net" will request a single certificate > > > > Even though the meaning looks to me clear, shouldn't the word while be replaced? > > Yes, that looks like a clear typo for "file" (camouflaged by the fact that the sentence might plausibly have been connected to the previous one with a "while" or "whereas"). > > I've looked through for anything else to moan about while I'm here, but there isn't much. > > * the previous line has "Dehydrated" where I expected "dehydrated". (In fact I expected it to be highlighted throughout, but never mind that.) > > * the definition of --force mode has: > > Force renew of certificate even if it is longer valid than value in RENEW_DAYS > > This isn't quite idiomatic. If I'm correctly guessing what > "--force" does (implying this isn't very urgent) I would suggest: > > Force certificate renewal even if it is not due to expire within RENEW_DAYS

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