[PATCH 4/6] ext4.5: tweak the documentation for the encrypt feature

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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Try to make it clearer that enabling 'encrypt' just enables *support*
for encryption; it doesn't actually encrypt anything by itself.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 misc/ext4.5.in | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc/ext4.5.in b/misc/ext4.5.in
index 627c0dad..1db61a5f 100644
--- a/misc/ext4.5.in
+++ b/misc/ext4.5.in
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ extended attributes per file.
 .TP
 .B encrypt
 .br
-This ext4 feature provides file-system level encryption of data blocks
-and file names.  The inode metadata (timestamps, file size, user/group
-ownership, etc.) is
+Enables support for file-system level encryption of data blocks and file
+names.  The inode metadata (timestamps, file size, user/group ownership,
+etc.) is
 .I not
 encrypted.
 .IP
-- 
2.23.0.351.gc4317032e6-goog




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