More documentation updates, and minor fixes to make things sync

up with the docs.
 -Erik

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/mkfifo.c b/coreutils/mkfifo.c
index c74402d4c..b273df046 100644
--- a/coreutils/mkfifo.c
+++ b/coreutils/mkfifo.c
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 
 static const char mkfifo_usage[] = "mkfifo [OPTIONS] name\n\n"
-        "Create the named fifo\n\n"
+        "Creates a named pipe (identical to 'mknod name p')\n\n"
 
         "Options:\n"
-        "\t-m\tcreate the fifo with the specified mode; default = a=rw-umask\n";
+        "\t-m\tcreate the pipe using the specified mode (default a=rw)\n";
 
 extern int mkfifo_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {