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commit 354b5a56bf2ea831427ab8268ec7101bd3870f8e
Author: Jan Rybar <jrybar@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Apr 30 17:06:18 2020 +0200

    vmstat and watch manpage slight fixes
    
    vmstat - align wording with proc manpage to clarify ambiguities  (rhbz#1796043)
    watch - manpage presumes ntp tools are present by default (which they're not on rpm and deb distros, rhbz#1583669)

diff --git a/vmstat.8 b/vmstat.8
index e408bca..dcc1b1e 100644
--- a/vmstat.8
+++ b/vmstat.8
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Display help and exit.
 .B "Procs"
 .nf
 r: The number of runnable processes (running or waiting for run time).
-b: The number of processes in uninterruptible sleep.
+b: The number of processes blocked waiting for I/O to complete.
 .fi
 .PP
 .SS
diff --git a/watch.1 b/watch.1
index 256c36b..e06e04e 100644
--- a/watch.1
+++ b/watch.1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ every
 .I interval
 seconds. Try it with
 .B ntptime
-and notice how the fractional seconds stays (nearly) the same, as opposed to
+(if present) and notice how the fractional seconds stays (nearly) the same, as opposed to
 normal mode where they continuously increase.
 .TP
 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-no\-title\fR
@@ -190,4 +190,4 @@ watch uname \-r
 .I \-p
 isn't guaranteed to work across reboots, especially in the face of
 .B ntpdate
-or other bootup time-changing mechanisms)
+(if present) or other bootup time-changing mechanisms)