man page cleanup

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/uxd.rst b/uxd.rst
index 57f4455..597084b 100644
--- a/uxd.rst
+++ b/uxd.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ Options can be bundled: **-ubc1234** is the same as **-u** **-b** **-c
 1234**. The one exception is the **-n** option, which should appear
 by itself.
 
+The options that accept numbers (**-l**, **-o**, **-s**, and **-S**)
+allow decimal, hex (with *0x* prefix), or octal (with *0* prefix).
+Also, you can use the suffixes *k*, *m*, and *g* for power-of-2 based
+kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes (e.g. *1k* is 1024 bytes), as well
+as *K*, *M*, and *G* for power-of-10 based (e.g. *1K* is 1000 bytes).
+
 .. the comments are turned into the --help message by mkusage.pl.
 
 -1
@@ -95,8 +101,7 @@ by itself.
 -l length
   Stop dumping after *length* bytes (not characters). If the limit is
   reached in the middle of a multibyte character, the entire character
-  will be dumped. Can be given in decimal, hex (with *0x* prefix), or
-  octal (with *0* prefix). Negative *length* doesn't make sense, and
+  will be dumped. Negative *length* doesn't make sense, and
   is an error.
 
 .. stop dumping after <length> bytes (not characters).
@@ -117,8 +122,7 @@ by itself.
 
 -o offset
   Add this amount to the hex offsets (left column). May be negative,
-  if you can think of a reason to want it to be. Can be given in
-  decimal, hex (with *0x* prefix), or octal (with *0* prefix).
+  if you can think of a reason to want it to be.
 
 .. added to hex offsets (decimal, 0x hex, 0 octal).
 
@@ -132,13 +136,12 @@ by itself.
   Seek in input before starting to dump. *pos* is bytes, not
   characters. Positive *pos* means seek from the start of the
   input. Negative *pos* only works on files (not standard input);
-  it means seek backward from EOF. Can be given in decimal, hex (with
-  *0x* prefix), or octal (with *0* prefix).
+  it means seek backward from EOF.
 
 .. seek in input before dumping (-pos = seek back from EOF).
 
 -S pos
-  Same as **-s**, but file offsets start at 0 rather than the
+  Same as **-s**, but the displayed offsets start at 0 rather than the
   position after seeking. **-S 100** is the same as **-s 100 -o -100**.
   Works with negative *pos*, too.