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authorBenno Schulenberg2013-10-14 21:34:39 +0200
committerKarel Zak2013-10-15 10:28:30 +0200
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docs: standardize the phrases for --help and --version in all man pages
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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diff --git a/misc-utils/getopt.1 b/misc-utils/getopt.1
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@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ Allow long options to start with a single
.RB ' \- '.
.TP
.BR \-h , " \-\-help"
-Output a small usage guide and exit successfully. No other output is
-generated.
+Display help text and exit. No other output is generated.
.TP
.BR \-l , " \-\-longoptions \fIlongopts\fP"
The long (multi\-character) options to be recognized. More than one
@@ -172,8 +171,7 @@ is set, will return
and error status 0.
.TP
.BR \-V , " \-\-version"
-Output version information and exit successfully. No other output is
-generated.
+Display version information and exit. No other output is generated.
.SH PARSING
This section specifies the format of the second part of the
parameters of