Added notes to the 'fsck' command documentation.

[libguestfs.git] / guestfs-actions.pod

diff --git a/guestfs-actions.pod b/guestfs-actions.pod
index fb7c3db..6fc51f0 100644 (file)
--- a/guestfs-actions.pod
+++ b/guestfs-actions.pod
@@ -592,13 +592,30 @@ This runs the filesystem checker (fsck) on C<device> which
 should have filesystem type C<fstype>.
 
 The returned integer is the status.  See L<fsck(8)> for the
-list of status codes from C<fsck>, and note that multiple
-status codes can be summed together.
+list of status codes from C<fsck>.
 
-It is entirely equivalent to running C<fsck -a -t fstype device>.
-Note that checking or repairing NTFS volumes is not supported
+Notes:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Multiple status codes can be summed together.
+
+=item *
+
+A non-zero return code can mean "success", for example if
+errors have been corrected on the filesystem.
+
+=item *
+
+Checking or repairing NTFS volumes is not supported
 (by linux-ntfs).
 
+=back
+
+This command is entirely equivalent to running C<fsck -a -t fstype device>.
+
 On error this function returns -1.
 
 =head2 guestfs_get_autosync