From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:17:08 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: doc: cut: clarify description of -b and -c
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doc: cut: clarify description of -b and -c

* src/cut.c (usage): State the arguments are positions,
in case users may think they were values.
---

diff --git a/src/cut.c b/src/cut.c
index a782788a10..2338ca4577 100644
--- a/src/cut.c
+++ b/src/cut.c
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output.\n\
 
       oputs (_("\
   -b, --bytes=LIST\n\
-         select only these bytes\n\
+         select only these byte positions\n\
 "));
       oputs (_("\
   -c, --characters=LIST\n\
-         select only these characters\n\
+         select only these character positions\n\
 "));
       oputs (_("\
   -d, --delimiter=DELIM\n\