From bd0200c47c45dd420244b39ddabcecdab1fb9a8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:29:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] kexec: update manpage with explicit mention of clean kexec

While the manpage does mention about kexec boot with a clean shutdown,
it is not explicit about it. Make it explicit.

Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
---
 kexec/kexec.8 | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kexec/kexec.8 b/kexec/kexec.8
index 3a344c5..179dcf2 100644
--- a/kexec/kexec.8
+++ b/kexec/kexec.8
@@ -95,8 +95,15 @@ then you would use the following command to load the kernel:
 .RB "\-\-append=" "root=/dev/hda1" "\ \-\-initrd=" /boot/initrd
 .RE
 .PP
-After this kernel is loaded, it can be booted to at any time using the
-command:
+After this kernel is loaded, assuming the user-space supports kexec-based
+rebooting, it can be booted to, with a clean shutdown, using the command:
+
+.RS
+.BR reboot
+.RE
+.PP
+Alternatively, it can also be booted to, without calling shutdown(8), with
+the command:

 .RS
 .BR kexec \ \-e
--
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