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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/lvchange.8.in b/man/lvchange.8.in
index beb77a86..e58d79ce 100644
--- a/man/lvchange.8.in
+++ b/man/lvchange.8.in
@@ -73,7 +73,12 @@ logical volume's allocation policy to contiguous, if all of the
allocated physical extents are already contiguous.
.TP
.BR \-\-discard " {" \fIignore | \fInopassdown | \fIpassdown }
-Change discard behavior.
+Set this to \fIignore\fP to ignore any discards received by a
+thin pool Logical Volume. Set to \fInopassdown\fP to process such
+discards within the thin pool itself and allow the no-longer-needed
+extents to be overwritten by new data. Set to \fIpassdown\fP to
+process them both within the thin pool itself and to pass them down
+the underlying device.
.TP
.B \-\-resync
Forces the complete resynchronization of a mirror. In normal