The --help text should be concise: it serves only as a reminder of how
things work. When a more wordy explanation is needed, there is always
the man page (as every --help text says at the end).
CC: David Anes <david.anes@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
sys-utils/renice.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sys-utils/renice.c b/sys-utils/renice.c
index eac104db3..7872e8fbb 100644
--- a/sys-utils/renice.c
+++ b/sys-utils/renice.c
@@ -70,10 +70,8 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(void)
fputs(_("Alter the priority of running processes.\n"), out);
fputs(USAGE_OPTIONS, out);
- fputs(_(" -n <num> specify the nice value;\n"
- " if POSIXLY_CORRECT flag is set in environment,\n"
- " then the priority is 'relative' to current\n"
- " process priority; otherwise it is 'absolute'\n"), out);
+ fputs(_(" -n <num> specify the 'absolute' nice value,\n"
+ " but 'relative' when POSIXLY_CORRECT is set\n"), out);
fputs(_(" --priority <num> specify the 'absolute' nice value\n"), out);
fputs(_(" --relative <num> specify the 'relative' nice value\n"), out);
fputs(_(" -p, --pid interpret arguments as process ID (default)\n"), out);
--
2.48.1
