From e1734111fd791ada87dcfa08f51efa58d2bfeff1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adi-Goll <68113680+Adi-Goll@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:13:13 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update man page description of zpool rewind Update description of zpool import --rewind-to-checkpoint in man/man7/zpoolconcepts.7 to explain that rewinding automatically discards a checkpoint. Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf Signed-off-by: Adi Gollamudi Closes #12646 Closes #17918 --- man/man7/zpoolconcepts.7 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/man7/zpoolconcepts.7 b/man/man7/zpoolconcepts.7 index b9c8926d8..21bd72351 100644 --- a/man/man7/zpoolconcepts.7 +++ b/man/man7/zpoolconcepts.7 @@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ then rewind it during import: .Dl # Nm zpool Cm export Ar pool .Dl # Nm zpool Cm import Fl -rewind-to-checkpoint Ar pool .Pp +Note that rewinding to a checkpoint will +.Sy permanently discard it. +Once the pool has been successfully imported with the above rewind command, +you cannot rewind to the same checkpoint. +.Pp To discard the checkpoint from a pool: .Dl # Nm zpool Cm checkpoint Fl d Ar pool .Pp