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index 51be62aa4385..f96059767c8c 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ doc: *title*
functions: *[ function ...]*
Include documentation for each *function* in *source*.
- If no *function* if specified, the documentaion for all functions
+ If no *function* is specified, the documentation for all functions
and types in the *source* will be included.
Examples::
@@ -517,4 +517,17 @@ How to use kernel-doc to generate man pages
If you just want to use kernel-doc to generate man pages you can do this
from the kernel git tree::
- $ scripts/kernel-doc -man $(git grep -l '/\*\*' -- :^Documentation :^tools) | scripts/split-man.pl /tmp/man
+ $ scripts/kernel-doc -man \
+ $(git grep -l '/\*\*' -- :^Documentation :^tools) \
+ | scripts/split-man.pl /tmp/man
+
+Some older versions of git do not support some of the variants of syntax for
+path exclusion. One of the following commands may work for those versions::
+
+ $ scripts/kernel-doc -man \
+ $(git grep -l '/\*\*' -- . ':!Documentation' ':!tools') \
+ | scripts/split-man.pl /tmp/man
+
+ $ scripts/kernel-doc -man \
+ $(git grep -l '/\*\*' -- . ":(exclude)Documentation" ":(exclude)tools") \
+ | scripts/split-man.pl /tmp/man