pw(8): correct expiration period handling and command line overrides

[pw-darwin.git] / pw / pw.8

diff --git a/pw/pw.8 b/pw/pw.8
index 5a93c52bee60192df635fb4b47f5dac39dfead79..e848979ee519bca3391824b21e11ba63ab45f460 100644 (file)
--- a/pw/pw.8
+++ b/pw/pw.8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 12, 2016
+.Dd December 10, 2017
 .Dt PW 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -611,6 +611,14 @@ that the account expires.
 A value of 0 suppresses automatic calculation of the expiry date.
 .It Fl p Ar days
 Set the default password expiration period in days.
+When
+.Fl D
+is used, the
+.Ar days
+argument is interpreted differently.
+It must be numeric and represents the number of days after creation
+that the account expires.
+A value of 0 suppresses automatic calculation of the expiry date.
 .It Fl g Ar group
 Set the default group for new users.
 If a blank group is specified using