Clearly indicate the value is the maximum offset for which clock skewing
will be used at the start. An offset of a lower value will be fixed by
frequency changes only, while a larger value will be fixed with an
initial clock jump. This matches similar wording found in the -S option
explanation.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <[email protected]>
---
 phc2sys.8 | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/phc2sys.8 b/phc2sys.8
index 3a8683e6933a..45cb0e320fc3 100644
--- a/phc2sys.8
+++ b/phc2sys.8
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ after the start. The default is 0.0.
 .TP
 .BI \-F " step"
 Specify the step threshold applied only on the first update. It is the maximum
-offset that is corrected by adjusting clock. It's specified in seconds. The
-value of 0.0 disables stepping on start.
-The default is 0.00002 (20 microseconds).
+offset that is corrected by changing the clock frequency. It's specified in
+seconds. The value of 0.0 disables stepping on start. The default is 0.00002
+(20 microseconds).
 .TP
 .BI \-R " update-rate"
 Specify the slave clock update rate when running in the direct synchronization
-- 
2.17.0.536.g43f547f64b90


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