diff --git a/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 b/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 index fc72e73f3357..bd467a24bbc8 100644 --- a/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 +++ b/usr.bin/renice/renice.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)renice.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 9, 1993 +.Dd October 27, 2020 .Dt RENICE 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -37,22 +37,18 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Ar priority -.Op Oo Fl p Oc Ar pid ... -.Op Oo Fl g Oc Ar pgrp ... -.Op Oo Fl u Oc Ar user ... +.Op Oo Fl gpu Oc Ar target .Nm .Fl n Ar increment -.Op Oo Fl p Oc Ar pid ... -.Op Oo Fl g Oc Ar pgrp ... -.Op Oo Fl u Oc Ar user ... +.Op Oo Fl gpu Oc Ar target .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility alters the scheduling priority of one or more running processes. The following -.Ar who -parameters are interpreted as process ID's, process group +.Ar target +parameters are interpreted as process ID's (the default), process group ID's, user ID's or user names. The .Nm Ns 'ing @@ -62,27 +58,25 @@ The .Nm Ns 'ing of a user causes all processes owned by the user to have their scheduling priority altered. -By default, the processes to be affected are specified by -their process ID's. .Pp The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width indent -.It Fl g -Force -.Ar who -parameters to be interpreted as process group ID's. .It Fl n Instead of changing the specified processes to the given priority, interpret the following argument as an increment to be applied to the current priority of each process. -.It Fl u -Force the -.Ar who -parameters to be interpreted as user names or user ID's. +.It Fl g +Interpret +.Ar target +parameters as process group ID's. .It Fl p -Reset the -.Ar who -interpretation to be (the default) process ID's. +Interpret +.Ar target +parameters as process ID's (the default). +.It Fl u +Interpret +.Ar target +parameters as user names or user ID's. .El .Pp Users other than the super-user may only alter the priority of