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diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index 7a13b897..249c774e 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pacman - package manager utility Synopsis -------- -'pacman' <operation> [options] [packages] +'pacman' <operation> [options] [targets] Description @@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ Since version 3.0.0, pacman has been the frontend to linkman:libalpm[3], the ``Arch Linux Package Management'' library. This library allows alternative front ends to be written (for instance, a GUI front end). +Invoking pacman involves specifying an operation with any potential options and +targets to operate on. A 'target' is usually a package name, filename, URL, or +a search string. Targets can be provided as command line arguments. +Additionally, if a single dash (-) is passed as an argument, targets will be +read from stdin. + Operations ---------- |