improve --noitem description (#456305)

diff --git a/whiptail.1 b/whiptail.1
index 30e2114c534e4c95d3deb7e1d31f956621bb9831..3a4ac306c81ff1977fa16c5af2fa30a34bd45ea1 100644 (file)
--- a/whiptail.1
+++ b/whiptail.1
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ Set the text of the
 .TP
 .B \-\-noitem
 The menu, checklist and radiolist widgets will display tags only, not
-the item strings.
+the item strings. The menu widget still needs some items specified,
+but checklist and radiolist expect only tag and status.
 .TP
 .BI \-\-separate\-output
 For checklist widgets, output result one line at a time, with no