From 91e4f660672b13b479e73c7d0fedac933199d669 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 10:04:39 +1300 Subject: [PATCH] man-pages.7: Add historical note on reason for use of Americal spelling Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/man-pages.7 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index f5bb0f164..9d3b13aae 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -545,7 +545,8 @@ create properly hyperlinked pages.) .SS Spelling Starting with release 2.59, .I man-pages -follows American spelling conventions; +follows American spelling conventions +(previously, there was a random mix of British and American spallings); please write all new pages and patches according to these conventions. .SS Capitalization In subsection ("SS") headings