runtime(doc): clarify 'laststatus' effect

fixes: #20875

Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>

diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index 84e4f30aea80c819d2295c3f2a446b89dfcf6455..647e2a622cdf1681835937a6ac04a258eaf098d9 100644 (file)
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*options.txt*  For Vim version 9.2.  Last change: 2026 Jul 22
+*options.txt*  For Vim version 9.2.  Last change: 2026 Jul 29
 
 
                  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -5680,6 +5680,12 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
                0: never
                1: only if there are at least two windows
                2: always
+
+       Here "last window" means the last window in a column, i.e. the bottom-
+       most one, just above the command line.  A window with another window
+       below it always has a status line, since it also visually separates
+       those.
+
        The screen looks nicer with a status line if you have several
        windows, but it takes another screen line. |status-line|