[PATCH v2 06/10] doc: Rephrase to be more clear

Adriano Carvalho adrianocarvalho.pt at gmail.com
Tue Aug 26 00:32:33 CEST 2025


It might not be clear what is meant with "to make sure the shell leaves it alone".

Signed-off-by: Adriano Carvalho <adrianocarvalho.pt at gmail.com>
---
 tools/buildman/buildman.rst | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/buildman/buildman.rst b/tools/buildman/buildman.rst
index a6ae9b0a9d1..709fe82f845 100644
--- a/tools/buildman/buildman.rst
+++ b/tools/buildman/buildman.rst
@@ -1273,8 +1273,9 @@ Some options have values, in which case you can change them:
 
     buildman -a 'BOOTCOMMAND="echo hello"' CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x1000
 
-Note that you must put quotes around string options and the whole thing must be
-in single quotes, to make sure the shell leave it alone.
+Note that you must put quotes around string options and the whole argument must
+be in single quotes to ensure that the shell recognizes it as a single
+argument.
 
 If you try to set an option that does not exist, or that cannot be changed for
 some other reason (e.g. it is 'selected' by another option), then buildman
-- 
2.48.1



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