(ls invocation): Document new option: --author.

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 89a0753f79102146bc678f53b03740507de011d3..b87133c286491bcbcf1e49dc07825ee6756e5469 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -4920,6 +4920,13 @@ default, only file names are shown.
 
 @table @samp
 
+@item --author
+@opindex --author
+@cindex hurd, author, printing
+List each file's author when producing long format directory listings.
+In GNU/Hurd, file authors can differ from their owners, but in other
+operating systems the two are the same.
+
 @item -D
 @itemx --dired
 @opindex -D