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diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
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@@ -229,14 +229,15 @@ Remove Options[[RO]]
Sync Options[[SO]]
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*-c, \--clean*::
- Remove old packages from the cache as well as unused sync databases to
- free up disk space. When pacman downloads packages, it saves them in a
- cache directory. In addition, databases are saved for every sync DB you
- download from, and are not deleted even if they are removed from the
- configuration file linkman:pacman.conf[5]. Use one '\--clean' switch to
- only remove old packages; use two to remove all packages from the cache.
- In both cases, you will have a yes or no option to remove packages and/or
- unused downloaded databases.
+ Remove packages that are no longer installed from the cache as well as
+ currently unused sync databases to free up disk space. When pacman
+ downloads packages, it saves them in a cache directory. In addition,
+ databases are saved for every sync DB you download from, and are not
+ deleted even if they are removed from the configuration file
+ linkman:pacman.conf[5]. Use one '\--clean' switch to only remove
+ packages that are no longer installed; use two to remove all packages
+ from the cache. In both cases, you will have a yes or no option to
+ remove packages and/or unused downloaded databases.
*-e, \--dependsonly*::
Install all dependencies of a package, but not the specified package