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doc: typo & minor rewording in 'Removing files from snapshots'
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@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ Note that it is not possible to change the chunker parameters of an existing rep
Removing files from snapshots
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Snapshots sometimes turn out to include more files that intended. Instead of
Snapshots sometimes turn out to include more files than intended. Instead of
removing the snapshots entirely and running the corresponding backup commands
again (which is not always practical after the fact) it is possible to remove
the unwanted files from affected snapshots by rewriting them using the
@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ the only fields added are ``TotalFilesProcessed`` and ``TotalBytesProcessed``.
By default, the ``rewrite`` command will keep the original snapshots and create
new ones for every snapshot which was modified during rewriting. The new
snapshots are marked with the tag ``rewrite`` to differentiate them from the
original, rewritten snapshots.
snapshots are marked with the tag ``rewrite`` to distinguish them from the
original, untouched snapshots.
Alternatively, you can use the ``--forget`` option to immediately remove the
original snapshots. In this case, no tag is added to the new snapshots. Please