(rm invocation): Say that --recursive removes

listed directories too, not just their contents.

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 5904ac4039ac601dd38dddda209627eacc3bb9f1..59cb741558adf8fccce25096696e23741d16f37c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7265,7 +7265,7 @@ Cancel the effect of any preceding @option{--preserve-root} option.
 @opindex -R
 @opindex --recursive
 @cindex directories, removing (recursively)
-Remove the contents of directories recursively.
+Remove the listed directories and their contents recursively.
 
 @item -v
 @itemx --verbose