When grub_wait_after_message says "Press any key to continue...", it
really means that it will continue anyway after a short delay, but that
you can press a key to skip the delay.  Unfortunately, the delay is just
long enough that in practice a number of users have time to see it,
press a key, and then report a bug saying that their system won't boot
without manual intervention, even though it would have booted just fine
if they'd left it alone.  Rephrase this message to make it clearer
what's really happening.

* grub-core/normal/menu.c (grub_wait_after_message): Rephrase
message to make it clear that GRUB will continue even if the user
does not press a key.
---
 ChangeLog               | 6 ++++++
 grub-core/normal/menu.c | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6eca73e..53c2aff 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-04-03  Colin Watson  <[email protected]>
+
+       * grub-core/normal/menu.c (grub_wait_after_message): Rephrase
+       message to make it clear that GRUB will continue even if the user
+       does not press a key.
+
 2014-03-31  Thomas Falcon <[email protected]>
 
        btrfs: fix get_root key comparison failures due to endianness
diff --git a/grub-core/normal/menu.c b/grub-core/normal/menu.c
index b47991a..a6fa93c 100644
--- a/grub-core/normal/menu.c
+++ b/grub-core/normal/menu.c
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ grub_wait_after_message (void)
 {
   grub_uint64_t endtime;
   grub_xputs ("\n");
-  grub_printf_ (N_("Press any key to continue..."));
+  grub_printf_ (N_(
+    "Waiting a moment so that you can read previous messages.\n"
+    "Press any key to skip this delay..."));
   grub_refresh ();
 
   endtime = grub_get_time_ms () + 10000;
-- 
1.9.1

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