(usage): Tweak --help output to make it more consistent with that of chgrp.

2026-04-21 03:12:48 +02:00 · 1999-08-20 08:58:34 +00:00
parent 28c95e39c1
commit 82288821f0
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/src/chown.c
+++ b/src/chown.c
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP.\n\
                         (available only on systems that can change the\n\
                         ownership of a symlink)\n\
  -f, --silent, --quiet  suppress most error messages\n\
-      --reference=RFILE  use the owner and group of RFILE instead of using\n\
-                         explicit OWNER.GROUP values\n\
+      --reference=RFILE  use RFILE's owner and group rather than\n\
+                         the specified OWNER.GROUP values\n\
  -R, --recursive        operate on files and directories recursively\n\
  -v, --verbose          output a diagnostic for every file processed\n\
      --help             display this help and exit\n\