Make it obvious that command line arguments may be specified for the utility

that is to be invoked on the command line. Use "utility" instead of "command"
in manual page and usage message for consistency with POSIX.

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/time/time.1 b/usr.bin/time/time.1
index 08167382e7c2..414f112d0c4e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/time/time.1
+++ b/usr.bin/time/time.1
@@ -43,27 +43,27 @@
 .Op Fl al
 .Op Fl h | Fl p
 .Op Fl o Ar file
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility Op Ar argument ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
 utility
 executes and
 times
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
 by initiating a timer and passing the
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
 to the
 shell.
 After the
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
 finishes,
 .Nm
 writes to the standard error stream,
 (in seconds):
 the total time elapsed,
 the time used to execute the
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
 process and the time consumed by system overhead.
 .Pp
 Available options:
@@ -103,16 +103,16 @@ Consult the
 manual page.
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 If
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
 could be timed successfully, its exit status is returned.
 If
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
 terminated abnormally, a warning message is output to stderr.
 If the
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
 was found but could not be run, the exit status is 126.
 If no
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
 could be found at all, the exit status is 127.
 If
 .Nm
diff --git a/usr.bin/time/time.c b/usr.bin/time/time.c
index 89dbc73bbc78..88178a390fa6 100644
--- a/usr.bin/time/time.c
+++ b/usr.bin/time/time.c
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ main(argc, argv)
 static void
 usage()
 {
-	fprintf(stderr, "usage: time [-al] [-h|-p] [-o file] command\n");
+	fprintf(stderr,
+	    "usage: time [-al] [-h|-p] [-o file] utility [argument ...]\n");
 	exit(1);
 }