From a0fb8d077ee3c64dd63fb429ecde7d527c05fdbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Iustin Pop <iustin@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 15:10:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve manual page for the erase subcommand

---
 mt.1 | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mt.1 b/mt.1
index f9062a7..d480659 100644
--- a/mt.1
+++ b/mt.1
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ EOF marks at current position.
 .I count
 setmarks at current position (only SCSI tape).
 .IP erase
-Erase the tape.
+Erase the tape. Note that this is a long erase, which on modern
+(high-capacity) tapes can take many hours, and which usually can't be
+aborted.
 .IP status
 Print status information about the tape unit. (If the density code is
 "no translation" in the status output, this does not affect working of the