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@@ -1173,6 +1173,16 @@ the block where the superblock would be is overwritten even if it
doesn't appear to be valid.
.TP
+.B \-\-kill\-subarray=
+If the device is a container and the argument to \-\-kill\-subarray
+specifies an inactive subarray in the container, then the subarray is
+deleted. Deleting all subarrays will leave an 'empty-container' or
+spare superblock on the drives. See \-\-zero\-superblock for completely
+removing a superblock. Note that some formats depend on the subarray
+index for generating a UUID, this command will fail if it would change
+the UUID of an active subarray.
+
+.TP
.BR \-t ", " \-\-test
When used with
.BR \-\-detail ,