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diff --git a/doc/man/lttng-enable-rotation.1.txt b/doc/man/lttng-enable-rotation.1.txt
index cd8de7309..0aa9b09b8 100644
--- a/doc/man/lttng-enable-rotation.1.txt
+++ b/doc/man/lttng-enable-rotation.1.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 lttng-enable-rotation(1)
 ========================
-:revdate: 21 April 2021
+:revdate: 14 June 2021
 
 
 NAME
 ----
-lttng-enable-rotation - Set a tracing session rotation schedule
+lttng-enable-rotation - Set an LTTng recording session rotation schedule
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
@@ -17,19 +17,18 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-The `lttng enable-rotation` command sets a tracing session rotation
+The `lttng enable-rotation` command sets a recording session rotation
 schedule for:
 
 With the option:--session='SESSION' option::
-    The tracing session named 'SESSION'.
+    The recording session named 'SESSION'.
 
 Without the option:--session option::
-    The current tracing session (see man:lttng-create(1) and
-    man:lttng-set-session(1) to learn more about the current tracing
-    session).
+    The current recording session (see man:lttng-concepts(7) to learn more
+    about the current recording session).
 
-See man:lttng-rotate(1) for more information about the concepts of a
-tracing session _rotation_ and a _trace chunk_.
+See man:lttng-concepts(7) to learn more about the recording session
+rotation and trace chunk concepts.
 
 With the option:--timer='PERIODUS' option, the `enable-rotation` command
 sets a rotation schedule so that LTTng performs an automatic rotation at
@@ -42,8 +41,8 @@ least 'SIZE'.
 
 For both the option:--timer and option:--size options, LTTng checks the
 schedule condition periodically using the monitor timers of the channels
-of the selected tracing session (see the nloption:--monitor-timer option
-of man:lttng-enable-channel(1)). This means that:
+of the selected recording session (see the nloption:--monitor-timer
+option of the man:lttng-enable-channel(1) command). This means that:
 
 * With the option:--timer='PERIODUS' option, LTTng can perform an
   automatic rotation when the elapsed time since the last automatic
@@ -58,30 +57,32 @@ relies on the precision of the platform implementation of POSIX timers.
 
 You may combine the option:--timer and option:--size options.
 
-The naming convention of a trace chunk archive which an automatic
-rotation operation creates is the same as with the immediate rotation
-command, man:lttng-rotate(1).
+See the man:lttng-concepts(7) to learn how LTTng names a trace chunk
+archive directory.
 
-Unset a tracing session rotation schedule with the
+See the ``<<examples,EXAMPLES>>'' section below for usage examples.
+
+Unset a recording session rotation schedule with the
 man:lttng-disable-rotation(1) command.
 
 [IMPORTANT]
 ====
-The `enable-rotation` command only works when:
+You may only use the `enable-rotation` command when:
 
-* The selected tracing session was created in normal mode or in network
-  streaming mode (see man:lttng-create(1)).
+* The selected recording session was created in normal mode or in
+  network streaming mode (see man:lttng-create(1)).
 
 * No channel was created with a configured trace file count or size
   limit (see the nloption:--tracefile-size and
-  nloption:--tracefile-count options of man:lttng-enable-channel(1)).
+  nloption:--tracefile-count options of the man:lttng-enable-channel(1)
+  command).
 
-For a given tracing session, LTTng only performs an automatic rotation
-when no other rotation is currently happening.
+For a given recording session, LTTng only performs an automatic rotation
+when it's not currently performing a rotation.
 ====
 
 
-include::common-cmd-options-head.txt[]
+include::common-lttng-cmd-options-head.txt[]
 
 
 Rotation schedule condition
@@ -95,8 +96,8 @@ The `k`{nbsp}(KiB), `M`{nbsp}(MiB), and `G`{nbsp}(GiB) suffixes are
 supported.
 
 option:--timer='PERIODUS'::
-    Set a rotation schedule so that LTTng performs an automatic rotation at
-    least every 'PERIODUS' microseconds.
+    Set a rotation schedule so that LTTng performs an automatic rotation
+    approximately every 'PERIODUS' microseconds.
 +
 The `ms`{nbsp}(milliseconds), `s`{nbsp}(seconds), `m`{nbsp}(minutes),
 and `h`{nbsp}(hours) suffixes are supported.
@@ -105,14 +106,41 @@ and `h`{nbsp}(hours) suffixes are supported.
 Recording target
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 option:-s 'SESSION', option:--session='SESSION'::
-    Set a rotation schedule for the tracing session named 'SESSION'
-    instead of the current tracing session.
+    Set a rotation schedule for the recording session named 'SESSION'
+    instead of the current recording session.
+
+
+include::common-lttng-cmd-help-options.txt[]
+
+
+include::common-lttng-cmd-after-options.txt[]
+
+
+[[examples]]
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+.Set the size-based rotation schedule of the current recording session.
+====
+See the option:--size option.
 
+[role="term"]
+----
+$ lttng disable-rotation --size=256M
+----
+====
 
-include::common-cmd-help-options.txt[]
+.Set the periodic rotation schedule of a specific recording session.
+====
+See the option:--timer and option:--session options.
+
+[role="term"]
+----
+$ lttng disable-rotation --session=my-session --timer=5m
+----
+====
 
 
-include::common-cmd-footer.txt[]
+include::common-footer.txt[]
 
 
 SEE ALSO
@@ -120,4 +148,5 @@ SEE ALSO
 man:lttng(1),
 man:lttng-create(1),
 man:lttng-disable-rotation(1),
-man:lttng-rotate(1)
+man:lttng-rotate(1),
+man:lttng-concepts(7)