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Adjust misleading wording of the -G option and simplify a few

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surrounding sentences.  From a discussion on -ports.

Reviewed by:	David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
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Warren Block 2016-03-28 02:05:35 +00:00
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
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@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd June 14, 2015
.Dd March 27, 2016
.Dt PW 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -420,18 +420,16 @@ Set the account's primary group to the given group.
.Ar group
may be defined by either its name or group number.
.It Fl G Ar grouplist
Set additional group memberships for an account.
Set secondary group memberships for an account.
.Ar grouplist
is a comma, space or tab-separated list of group names or group numbers.
The user's name is added to the group lists in
.Pa /etc/group ,
and
removed from any groups not specified in
is a comma, space, or tab-separated list of group names or group numbers.
The user is added to the groups specified in
.Ar grouplist ,
and removed from all groups not specified.
The current login session is not affected by group membership changes,
which only take effect when the user reconnects.
Note: do not add a user to their primary group with
.Ar grouplist .
Note: a user should not be added to their primary group with
.Ar grouplist .
Also, group membership changes do not take effect for current user login
sessions, requiring the user to reconnect to be affected by the changes.
.It Fl L Ar class
This option sets the login class for the user being created.
See