Improved the --modify-window description.

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 48ba5f2..2c8f518 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -434,12 +434,13 @@ regardless of timestamp. This is useful when starting to use rsync
 after using another mirroring system which may not preserve timestamps
 exactly.
 
 after using another mirroring system which may not preserve timestamps
 exactly.
 

-dit(bf(--modify-window)) When comparing two timestamps rsync treats
-the timestamps as being equal if they are within the value of
-modify_window. This is normally zero, but you may find it useful to
-set this to a larger value in some situations. In particular, when
-transferring to Windows FAT filesystems which cannot represent times
-with a 1 second resolution bf(--modify-window=1) is useful.
+dit(bf(--modify-window)) When comparing two timestamps, rsync treats the
+timestamps as being equal if they differ by no more than the modify-window
+value.  This is normally 0 (for an exact match), but you may find it useful
+to set this to a larger value in some situations.  In particular, when
+transferring to or from an MS Windows FAT filesystem (which represents
+times with a 2-second resolution), bf(--modify-window=1) is useful
+(allowing times to differ by up to 1 second).

 
 dit(bf(-c, --checksum)) This forces the sender to checksum all files using
 a 128-bit MD4 checksum before transfer. The checksum is then
 
 dit(bf(-c, --checksum)) This forces the sender to checksum all files using
 a 128-bit MD4 checksum before transfer. The checksum is then