clarify owner/group operand parsing, minor wordsmithing

SCCS-vsn: usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 6.6

diff --git a/usr/src/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 b/usr/src/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8
index bfab35c..f036117 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/src/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8
+++ b/usr/src/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
 .\"

-.\"     @(#)chown.8    6.5 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"     @(#)chown.8    6.6 (Berkeley) %G%

 .\"
 .Dd 
 .Dt CHOWN 8
 .\"
 .Dd 
 .Dt CHOWN 8


@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm chown
 .Op Fl Rf
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm chown
 .Op Fl Rf

-.Op Ar owner
-.Op Ar group
+.Ar owner Op Ar :group
+.Ar file ...
+.Nm chown
+.Op Fl Rf
+.Ar :group

 .Ar file ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm Chown
 .Ar file ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm Chown


@@ -35,9 +38,10 @@ The
 .Ar owner
 and
 .Ar group
 .Ar owner
 and
 .Ar group

-operands are both optional, but at least one must be specified; if
-the group operand is specified, it must be preceded by a colon (``:'')
-character.
+operands are both optional, however, one must be specified.
+If the
+.Ar group
+operand is specified, it must be preceded by a colon (``:'') character.

 .Pp
 The
 .Ar owner
 .Pp
 The
 .Ar owner