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diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.1 b/sys-utils/dmesg.1
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--- a/sys-utils/dmesg.1
+++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.1
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ and \fB\-\-nopager\fR.
.IP "\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-kernel\fR"
Print kernel messages.
.IP "\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-color\fR[=\fIwhen\fR]"
-Colorize important messages (enabled by default). The optional argument \fIwhen\fP
+Colorize the output. The optional argument \fIwhen\fP
can be \fBauto\fR, \fBnever\fR or \fBalways\fR. If the \fIwhen\fR argument is omitted,
-it defaults to \fBauto\fR.
+it defaults to \fBauto\fR. The colors can be disabled, for the current built-in default
+see \fB\-\-help\fR output. See also the COLORS section.
.IP "\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-level \fIlist\fR"
Restrict output to the given (comma-separated)
.I list