summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/src/tail.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'src/tail.c')
-rw-r--r--src/tail.c7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index ba8443ce1..ca851ee6f 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -263,11 +263,10 @@ Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
Print the last %d lines of each FILE to standard output.\n\
With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.\n\
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
-\n\
"), DEFAULT_N_LINES);
- fputs (_("\
-Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
-"), stdout);
+
+ emit_mandatory_arg_note ();
+
fputs (_("\
-c, --bytes=K output the last K bytes; alternatively, use -c +K\n\
to output bytes starting with the Kth of each file\n\