Improve wording in uniq's --help "Note".

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e940e635a..df016fade 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-12-19  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+	* src/uniq.c (usage): Improve wording in --help "Note".
+
 2007-12-18  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/uniq.c (usage): Note that sorting uniq's input is often useful.
diff --git a/src/uniq.c b/src/uniq.c
index b5c92e078..1a54055b3 100644
--- a/src/uniq.c
+++ b/src/uniq.c
@@ -170,10 +170,8 @@ Fields are skipped before chars.\n\
 "), stdout);
      fputs (_("\
 \n\
-Note: while uniq can be useful even with unsorted input, in most applications\n\
-the input is sorted in a manner consistent with key-selection options.\n\
-E.g., use `sort' if `uniq' uses no such option (or simply use `sort -u');\n\
-use `sort -k 3b' with `uniq -f2'.\n\
+Note: 'uniq' does not detect repeated lines unless they are adjacent.\n\
+You may want to sort the input first, or use `sort -u' without `uniq'.\n\
 "), stdout);
       emit_bug_reporting_address ();
     }