diff --git a/doc/045_working_with_repos.rst b/doc/045_working_with_repos.rst index d5f2240b8..5fadac637 100644 --- a/doc/045_working_with_repos.rst +++ b/doc/045_working_with_repos.rst @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ Note that it is not possible to change the chunker parameters of an existing rep Removing files from snapshots ============================= -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