[PATCH 5/9] xfs_metadump.8: update for external log device options

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From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>

Update the documentation to reflect that we can metadump external log
device contents.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 |    6 +++++-
 man/man8/xfs_metadump.8  |    7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8 b/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8
index 6e7457c0445..f60e7b56ebf 100644
--- a/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8
+++ b/man/man8/xfs_mdrestore.8
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ xfs_mdrestore \- restores an XFS metadump image to a filesystem image
 .br
 .B xfs_mdrestore
 .B \-i
+[
+.B \-l
+.I logdev
+]
 .I source
 .br
 .B xfs_mdrestore \-V
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ Shows metadump information on stdout.  If no
 is specified, exits after displaying information.  Older metadumps man not
 include any descriptive information.
 .TP
-.B \-l " logdev"
+.BI \-l " logdev"
 Metadump in v2 format can contain metadata dumped from an external log.
 In such a scenario, the user has to provide a device to which the log device
 contents from the metadump file are copied.
diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8 b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8
index 1732012cd0c..496b5926603 100644
--- a/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8
+++ b/man/man8/xfs_metadump.8
@@ -132,8 +132,11 @@ is stdout.
 .TP
 .BI \-l " logdev"
 For filesystems which use an external log, this specifies the device where the
-external log resides. The external log is not copied, only internal logs are
-copied.
+external log resides.
+If the v2 metadump format is selected, the contents of the external log will be
+copied to the metadump.
+The v2 metadump format will be selected automatically if this option is
+specified.
 .TP
 .B \-m
 Set the maximum size of an allowed metadata extent.  Extremely large metadata




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