1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/cut.c b/src/cut.c
index 7e877cb4e..4059ecc54 100644
--- a/src/cut.c
+++ b/src/cut.c
@@ -192,11 +192,10 @@ Usage: %s OPTION... [FILE]...\n\
               program_name);
       fputs (_("\
 Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output.\n\
-\n\
-"), stdout);
-      fputs (_("\
-Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
 "), stdout);
+
+      emit_mandatory_arg_note ();
+
       fputs (_("\
   -b, --bytes=LIST        select only these bytes\n\
   -c, --characters=LIST   select only these characters\n\