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diff --git a/man/mkfs.btrfs.8.in b/man/mkfs.btrfs.8.in index 72025ed7..b7bcc1b2 100644 --- a/man/mkfs.btrfs.8.in +++ b/man/mkfs.btrfs.8.in @@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ Specify a label for the filesystem. .TP \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-metadata \fIprofile\fR Specify how metadata must be spanned across the devices specified. Valid -values are raid0, raid1, raid10 or single. +values are raid0, raid1, raid10, single or dup. Single device will have dup +set by default except in the case of SSDs which will default to single. This is +because SSDs can remap blocks internally so duplicate blocks could end up in the +same erase block which negates the benefits of doing metadata duplication. .TP \fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-mixed\fR Mix data and metadata chunks together for more efficient space |