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-rw-r--r--kexec/kexec.811
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kexec/kexec.8 b/kexec/kexec.8
index 3a344c51..179dcf22 100644
--- a/kexec/kexec.8
+++ b/kexec/kexec.8
@@ -95,8 +95,15 @@ then you would use the following command to load the kernel:
.RB "\-\-append=" "root=/dev/hda1" "\ \-\-initrd=" /boot/initrd
.RE
.PP
-After this kernel is loaded, it can be booted to at any time using the
-command:
+After this kernel is loaded, assuming the user-space supports kexec-based
+rebooting, it can be booted to, with a clean shutdown, using the command:
+
+.RS
+.BR reboot
+.RE
+.PP
+Alternatively, it can also be booted to, without calling shutdown(8), with
+the command:
.RS
.BR kexec \ \-e