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-rw-r--r--tools/patman/README2
-rwxr-xr-xtools/patman/patman.py4
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README
index 9922f2a..d4e7f36 100644
--- a/tools/patman/README
+++ b/tools/patman/README
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ will get a consistent result each time.
How to configure it
===================
-For most cases of using patman for U-Boot developement patman will
+For most cases of using patman for U-Boot development, patman will
locate and use the file 'doc/git-mailrc' in your U-Boot directory.
This contains most of the aliases you will need.
diff --git a/tools/patman/patman.py b/tools/patman/patman.py
index 377408d..5000b7d 100755
--- a/tools/patman/patman.py
+++ b/tools/patman/patman.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ parser.add_option('-i', '--ignore-errors', action='store_true',
dest='ignore_errors', default=False,
help='Send patches email even if patch errors are found')
parser.add_option('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true', dest='dry_run',
- default=False, help="Do a try run (create but don't email patches)")
+ default=False, help="Do a dry run (create but don't email patches)")
parser.add_option('-p', '--project', default=project.DetectProject(),
help="Project name; affects default option values and "
"aliases [default: %default]")
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ parser.add_option('--no-tags', action='store_false', dest='process_tags',
parser.usage = """patman [options]
Create patches from commits in a branch, check them and email them as
-specified by tags you place in the commits. Use -n to """
+specified by tags you place in the commits. Use -n to do a dry run first."""
# Parse options twice: first to get the project and second to handle