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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2009-09-22 20:53:35 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2009-09-23 09:11:08 +0200
commit38f1c2006eb975f28567a7495faac07e7c44de02 (patch)
tree20f8990cfec2bf2519aa272cc1b27d91060f0193 /src
parent8a1edc971f6439c51027873a345378ec52954c9d (diff)
downloadcoreutils-38f1c2006eb975f28567a7495faac07e7c44de02.tar.xz
doc: ls: further improve --help message re --color
* src/ls.c (usage): Correct grammar, change voice, shorten. Inspired by a report from Bruno Schulenberg.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/ls.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index 859d7c420..28fc3e5a8 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -4671,9 +4671,9 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
emit_size_note ();
fputs (_("\
\n\
-Using color to distinguish types of files is not enabled by default, or when\n\
---color=never is specified. With --color=auto, color codes are output only\n\
-when standard output is connected to a terminal. The LS_COLORS environment\n\
+Using color to distinguish file types is disabled both by default and\n\
+with --color=never. With --color=auto, ls emits color codes only when\n\
+standard output is connected to a terminal. The LS_COLORS environment\n\
variable can change the settings. Use the dircolors command to set it.\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\