.TH CLVMD 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Red Hat Inc" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
-clvmd \- cluster lvm daemon
+clvmd \- cluster LVM daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B clvmd
[\-d] [\-h]
[\-t <timeout>]
[\-V]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-clvmd is the daemon that distributes lvm metadata updates around a cluster. It must
-be running on all nodes in the cluster and will give an error if a node is in the
-cluster that does not have this daemon running.
+clvmd is the daemon that distributes LVM metadata updates around a cluster.
+It must be running on all nodes in the cluster and will give an error
+if a node in the cluster does not have this daemon running.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I \-d
-Runs in the forgeround and prints debugging information (if compiled in) to
+Runs in the foreground and prints debugging information (if compiled in) to
stderr. By default, clvmd will fork into the background when invoked.
.TP
.I \-t <timeout>
Specifies the timeout for commands to run around the cluster. This should not
be so small that commands with many disk updates to do will fail, so you
-mayneed to increase this on systems with very large disk farms. The default is 30
-seconds.
+may need to increase this on systems with very large disk farms.
+The default is 30 seconds.
.TP
.I \-V
-Print the version of the cluster LVM daemon.
+Display the version of the cluster LVM daemon.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8)