From: Craig Small <csmall@dropbear.xyz>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 06:58:48 +0000 (+1100)
Subject: docs: vmstat.8 - swap is not virtual memory
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docs: vmstat.8 - swap is not virtual memory

Chanson Shen rightly pointed out that vmstat swpd stat is
swap memory used not virtual memory used.

Signed-off-by: Craig Small <csmall@dropbear.xyz>
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diff --git a/vmstat.8 b/vmstat.8
index 4511c50d..ebe15b02 100644
--- a/vmstat.8
+++ b/vmstat.8
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ b: The number of processes blocked waiting for I/O to complete.
 .B "Memory"
 These are affected by the \fB\-\-unit\fR option.
 .nf
-swpd: the amount of virtual memory used.
+swpd: the amount of swap memory used.
 free: the amount of idle memory.
 buff: the amount of memory used as buffers.
 cache: the amount of memory used as cache.