From: Craig Small <csmall@dropbear.xyz>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 05:36:56 +0000 (+1100)
Subject: docs: ps.1 - comm can show command name changes
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docs: ps.1 - comm can show command name changes

The man page said it cannot show changes to comm, such as when you
use prctl(). In fact, ps can see this. The args field may not change
because its due to the path of the executable but comm can.
---

diff --git a/man/ps.1 b/man/ps.1
index 062373df..39c8c943 100644
--- a/man/ps.1
+++ b/man/ps.1
@@ -1170,8 +1170,8 @@ see
 T}
 
 comm	COMMAND	T{
-command name (only the executable name).  Modifications to the command name
-will not be shown.  The output in this column may contain spaces.
+command name (only the executable name).  The output in this column may
+contain spaces.
 (alias
 .BR ucmd , \ ucomm ).
 See also the