[PATCH v2 2/3] Update documentation reflecting change from blacklist to blocklist

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From: reubenvarghese1 <rvarghes@xxxxxxxxxx>

With the introduction of inclusive language in the kmod module,
the documentation has been updated in this commit to reflect the
changes made.

Signed-off-by: Reuben Varghese <rvarghes@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man/modprobe.d.xml | 8 ++++++--
 man/modprobe.xml   | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/modprobe.d.xml b/man/modprobe.d.xml
index 0ab3e91..594a847 100644
--- a/man/modprobe.d.xml
+++ b/man/modprobe.d.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term>blacklist <replaceable>modulename</replaceable>
+        <term>blocklist <replaceable>modulename</replaceable>
         </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
@@ -107,9 +107,13 @@
             "internal" aliases can be overridden by normal "alias" keywords,
             but there are cases where two or more modules both support the same
             devices, or a module invalidly claims to support a device that it
-            does not: the <command>blacklist</command> keyword indicates that
+            does not: the <command>blocklist</command> keyword indicates that
             all of that particular module's internal aliases are to be ignored.
           </para>
+          <para>
+            Note that the <command>blacklist</command> command is being
+            deprecated and has been refactored to <command>blocklist</command>.
+          </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/modprobe.xml b/man/modprobe.xml
index 0372b6b..9f4c78e 100644
--- a/man/modprobe.xml
+++ b/man/modprobe.xml
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@
           <option>-b</option>
         </term>
         <term>
-          <option>--use-blacklist</option>
+          <option>--use-blocklist</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
             This option causes <command>modprobe</command> to apply the
-            <command>blacklist</command> commands in the configuration files
+            <command>blocklist</command> commands in the configuration files
             (if any) to module names as well.  It is usually used by
             <citerefentry>
               <refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
-- 
2.27.0




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