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Display the assembler mnemonics for the machine instructions from the
input file. This option only disassembles those sections which are
expected to contain instructions. If the optional @var{symbol}
-argument is given, then display the assembler mnemonics only from
-@var{symbol} up to next symbol. If there are no matches for
-@var{symbol} then nothing will be displayed.
+argument is given, then display the assembler mnemonics starting at
+@var{symbol}. If @var{symbol} is a function name then disassembly
+will stop at the end of the function, otherwise it will stop when the
+next symbol is encountered. If there are no matches for @var{symbol}
+then nothing will be displayed.
@item -D
@itemx --disassemble-all