(tail invocation): Say that --retry

is useful `mainly' (not `only') when following by name.

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index a27fe3e5841296877525de9aa58e8eeccf065683..156331032f9e51047e741df2caf6cd7330aec829 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -2477,7 +2477,8 @@ will keep trying until it becomes accessible again.
 
 @itemx --retry
 @opindex --retry
-This option is meaningful only when following by name.
+This option is useful mainly when following by name (i.e., with
+@option{--follow=name}).
 Without this option, when tail encounters a file that doesn't
 exist or is otherwise inaccessible, it reports that fact and
 never checks it again.