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-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi3
-rw-r--r--src/ls.c3
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index f089e435c..db24a75dd 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7547,7 +7547,8 @@ These options affect the appearance of the overall output.
@opindex --format
@opindex single-column @r{output of files}
List one file per line. This is the default for @command{ls} when standard
-output is not a terminal.
+output is not a terminal. See also the @option{-b} and @option{-q} options
+to suppress direct output of newline characters within a file name.
@item -C
@itemx --format=vertical
diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index 8b5b2cf74..5bae06fbe 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -4929,7 +4929,8 @@ Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is specified.\n\
-x list entries by lines instead of by columns\n\
-X sort alphabetically by entry extension\n\
-Z, --context print any security context of each file\n\
- -1 list one file per line\n\
+ -1 list one file per line. Avoid '\\n' with -q or -b\
+\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);