From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 20:52:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: explain that elf magic is only consulted after softmagic.
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explain that elf magic is only consulted after softmagic.
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diff --git a/doc/file.man b/doc/file.man
index 4f160e7a..94174c45 100644
--- a/doc/file.man
+++ b/doc/file.man
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" $File: file.man,v 1.123 2016/06/30 14:50:55 christos Exp $
-.Dd June 20, 2016
+.\" $File: file.man,v 1.124 2016/10/19 20:52:45 christos Exp $
+.Dd October 19, 2016
 .Dt FILE __CSECTION__
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ Prints details of Compound Document Files.
 .It compress
 Checks for, and looks inside, compressed files.
 .It elf
-Prints ELF file details.
+Prints ELF file details, provided soft magic tests are enabled and the
+elf magic is found.
 .It soft
 Consults magic files.
 .It tar