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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2004-06-09 14:47:29 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2004-06-09 14:47:29 +0000
commitd25e88d25aaded2772d604c2a2126d88854068d4 (patch)
tree4aab5c0cf49f7216a56941f621560359e8f31100 /src
parent0774a224fed865c2f07c502279c22fce6372d7f9 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-d25e88d25aaded2772d604c2a2126d88854068d4.tar.xz
(usage): Improve wording in description of the --time=WORD option.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/touch.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/touch.c b/src/touch.c
index 8dd204c85..5e7899950 100644
--- a/src/touch.c
+++ b/src/touch.c
@@ -245,8 +245,9 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
fputs (_("\
-r, --reference=FILE use this file's times instead of current time\n\
-t STAMP use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time\n\
- --time=WORD set time given by WORD: access atime use (same as -a)\n\
- modify mtime (same as -m)\n\
+ --time=WORD change the specified time:\n\
+ WORD is access, atime, or use: equivalent to -a\n\
+ WORD is modify or mtime: equivalent to -m\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);