From: Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:49:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: doc: disambiguate the ls --color description
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doc: disambiguate the ls --color description

* src/ls.c (usage): Avoid the implication that the
default ls behavior is to --color=always.
Reported in http://bugs.debian.org/781208
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diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index d652673ee8..e406689c49 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -4801,9 +4801,10 @@ Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuvSUX nor --sort is specified.\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
   -C                         list entries by columns\n\
-      --color[=WHEN]         colorize the output; WHEN can be 'never', 'auto',\
+      --color[=WHEN]         colorize the output; WHEN can be 'always' (default\
+\n\
+                               if omitted), 'auto', or 'never'; more info below\
 \n\
-                               or 'always' (the default); more info below\n\
   -d, --directory            list directories themselves, not their contents\n\
   -D, --dired                generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode\n\
 "), stdout);