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@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm fsck
.Fl p
+.Op Fl f
.Op Fl m Ar mode
.Nm fsck
.Op Fl b Ar block#
@@ -72,6 +73,12 @@ The disk drive containing each filesystem is inferred from the longest prefix
of the device name that ends in a digit; the remaining characters are assumed
to be the partition designator.
.Pp
+The clean flag of each filesystem's superblock is examined and only those filesystems that
+are not marked clean are checked. If the
+.Fl f
+option is specified, the filesystems
+will be checked regardless of the state of their clean flag.
+.Pp
The kernel takes care that only a restricted class of innocuous filesystem
inconsistencies can happen unless hardware or software failures intervene.
These are limited to the following:
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