(usage): Shorten help for --show-control-chars.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index 1b7543b9f..af7e5d710 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -2905,10 +2905,8 @@ Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuSUX nor --sort.\n\
   -o                         use long listing format without group info\n\
   -p, --file-type            append indicator (one of /=@|) to entries\n\
   -q, --hide-control-chars   print ? instead of non graphic characters\n\
-                             (This is the default unless the output is a\n\
-                             terminal and the program is `ls';  otherwise,\n\
-                             the default is --show-control-chars)\n\
-      --show-control-chars   show non graphic characters as-is (default)\n\
+      --show-control-chars   show non graphic characters as-is (default\n\
+                             unless program is `ls' and output is a terminal)\n\
   -Q, --quote-name           enclose entry names in double quotes\n\
       --quoting-style=WORD   use quoting style WORD for entry names:\n\
                                literal, locale, shell, shell-always, c, escape\n\