column: clarify the --separator option

Indicate that the string is a set,
which also clarifies that it's only
significant when parsing the input.

diff --git a/text-utils/column.1 b/text-utils/column.1
index 2050666e9feb58fa2b2a7b1fb02fe6ab383089f1..8a461a83b4fe243f56b6abc3fd839b7c055955fc 100644 (file)
--- a/text-utils/column.1
+++ b/text-utils/column.1
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ Output is formatted to a width specified as number of characters.
 Determine the number of columns the input contains and create a table.
 Columns are delimited with whitespace, by default, or with the characters
 supplied using the separator. Table output is useful for pretty-printing.
-.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-separator\fP \fIseparator\fP"
-Specify table separator (default is whitespace).
+.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-separator\fP \fIseparators\fP"
+Specify possible table delimiters (default is whitespace).
 .IP "\fB\-x, \-\-fillrows\fP"
 Fill columns before filling rows.
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"

diff --git a/text-utils/column.c b/text-utils/column.c
index 7eea66aa54c05e870f1a1c102cb6908e43886067..d23097915afca014663906ba55e446c0e04b4f46 100644 (file)
--- a/text-utils/column.c
+++ b/text-utils/column.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(int rc)
        " -V, --version            output version information and exit\n"
        " -c, --columns <width>    width of output in number of characters\n"
        " -t, --table              create a table\n"
-       " -s, --separator <string> table delimiter\n"
+       " -s, --separator <string> possible table delimiters\n"
        " -x, --fillrows           fill rows before columns\n"));
 
        fprintf(out, _("\nFor more information see column(1).\n"));