2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c1f795a3a..a6c904101 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-04-16  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+	* src/cut.c (usage): Adjust synopsis to show that an OPTION is required.
+	Reported by Rudolf Kastl.
+
 2007-04-11  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	split --line-bytes=N (-C N): don't create an empty file.
diff --git a/src/cut.c b/src/cut.c
index bf468fee4..0883e72d9 100644
--- a/src/cut.c
+++ b/src/cut.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* cut - remove parts of lines of files
-   Copyright (C) 1997-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1997-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Copyright (C) 1984 David M. Ihnat
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ usage (int status)
   else
     {
       printf (_("\
-Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
+Usage: %s OPTION... [FILE]...\n\
 "),
 	      program_name);
       fputs (_("\