I propose a minor addition to the documentation, on the option --exclude "This option may be used more than once to exclude several packages." or "To exclude several packages, this option may be used several times." or "If you wish to exclude more than one package, you may use this option several times with or without globbing." ===CURRENT DOCUMENTATION=== yum --help --exclude=[package] exclude package(s) by name or glob info yum --exclude=package Exclude a specific package by name or glob from updates on all repositories. Configuration Option: exclude ===END CURRENT DOCUMENTATION=== Example of usage yum update --exclude=gnome-panel --exclude=evolution*