From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 15:01:00 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: doc: improve the description of sort --random-sort
X-Git-Tag: v8.25~67
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doc: improve the description of sort --random-sort

* src/sort.c (usage): Avoid mentioning the implementation,
rather focusing on the result of the operation.
---

diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index 38d817544d..b1948f20bc 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ Ordering options:\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
   -n, --numeric-sort          compare according to string numerical value\n\
-  -R, --random-sort           sort by random hash of keys.  See also shuf(1)\n\
+  -R, --random-sort           shuffle, but group identical keys.  See shuf(1)\n\
       --random-source=FILE    get random bytes from FILE\n\
   -r, --reverse               reverse the result of comparisons\n\
 "), stdout);