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-rw-r--r--core/java/android/app/Service.java4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/Service.java b/core/java/android/app/Service.java
index 02cf3aa13337..4fbca7318c27 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/Service.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/Service.java
@@ -666,7 +666,9 @@ public abstract class Service extends ContextWrapper implements ComponentCallbac
/**
* Print the Service's state into the given stream. This gets invoked if
- * you run "adb shell dumpsys activity service <yourservicename>".
+ * you run "adb shell dumpsys activity service <yourservicename>"
+ * (note that for this command to work, the service must be running, and
+ * you must specify a fully-qualified service name).
* This is distinct from "dumpsys <servicename>", which only works for
* named system services and which invokes the {@link IBinder#dump} method
* on the {@link IBinder} interface registered with ServiceManager.