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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-05-03 08:12:25 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-05-03 08:12:25 +0000
commit7b53d3d12747a14ada6a8623c960d7e0cedd3387 (patch)
tree03fc6610232d54058b30f21d583302abc2f7d906 /src
parent36d90a4f13cb806dfd2583da6063f999fadcd89d (diff)
downloadcoreutils-7b53d3d12747a14ada6a8623c960d7e0cedd3387.tar.xz
(usage): Add a little to the description of --list.
Uncapitalize first word and remove period at end of each one line option description.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/kill.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/kill.c b/src/kill.c
index f53bb3a5b..38da475ae 100644
--- a/src/kill.c
+++ b/src/kill.c
@@ -104,9 +104,10 @@ Send signals to processes, or list signals.\n\
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
- -s, --signal SIGNAL, -SIGNAL Name or number of signal to be sent.\n\
- -l, --list List signal names.\n\
- -t, --table Print a table of signal information.\n\
+ -s, --signal=SIGNAL, -SIGNAL\n\
+ specify the name or number of the signal to be sent\n\
+ -l, --list list signal names, or convert signal names to/from numbers\n\
+ -t, --table print a table of signal information\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);