From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:48:37 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: doc: fold: clarify operation of -s in --help
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doc: fold: clarify operation of -s in --help

* src/fold.c (usage): The description of -s was unclear:
- State that we can also break within words.
- State that we split on blanks not spaces.
- State that we split after the blank, not before.
---

diff --git a/src/fold.c b/src/fold.c
index 6dbf013e29..c731653349 100644
--- a/src/fold.c
+++ b/src/fold.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Wrap input lines in each FILE, writing to standard output.\n\
       fputs (_("\
   -b, --bytes         count bytes rather than columns\n\
   -c, --characters    count characters rather than columns\n\
-  -s, --spaces        break at spaces\n\
+  -s, --spaces        break after blanks, or in words greater than WIDTH\n\
   -w, --width=WIDTH   use WIDTH columns instead of 80\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);