doc: Clarify the help for version sorting in ls and sort

* src/ls.c: Update the -v help description
* src/sort.c: Update the -V help description

diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index d30e5a087cf8961050a593a716a251bc74c6ecc1..4516b436d3f66d35c4789751616ffa41822a9c73 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -4533,7 +4533,7 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
                                with -l: show access time and sort by name\n\
                                otherwise: sort by access time\n\
   -U                         do not sort; list entries in directory order\n\
-  -v                         sort by version\n\
+  -v                         natural sort of (version) numbers within text\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
   -w, --width=COLS           assume screen width instead of current value\n\

diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index ced0f2ddfd28f4aa67f2a240bacac85d802691e2..5b63a25bbdde66018a7a06f906d309d9ccb06df6 100644 (file)
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ Ordering options:\n\
       --sort=WORD             sort according to WORD:\n\
                                 general-numeric -g, month -M, numeric -n,\n\
                                 random -R, version -V\n\
-  -V, --version-sort          sort by numeric version\n\
+  -V, --version-sort          natural sort of (version) numbers within text\n\
 \n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\