mktemp: make default tempfile template shorter;

 make help text more understandable

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/debianutils/mktemp.c b/debianutils/mktemp.c
index de27d3023..c48b6e2d5 100644
--- a/debianutils/mktemp.c
+++ b/debianutils/mktemp.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int mktemp_main(int argc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char **argv)
 
         opt_complementary = "?1"; /* 1 argument max */
         opt = getopt32(argv, "dqtp:", &path);
-        chp = argv[optind] ? argv[optind] : xstrdup("tmp.XXXXXXXXXX");
+        chp = argv[optind] ? argv[optind] : xstrdup("tmp.XXXXXX");
 
         if (opt & (4|8)) { /* -t and/or -p */
                 const char *dir = getenv("TMPDIR");
diff --git a/include/usage.h b/include/usage.h
index 44e618222..3eb5b4867 100644
--- a/include/usage.h
+++ b/include/usage.h
@@ -2545,7 +2545,7 @@
        "[-dt] [-p DIR] [TEMPLATE]"
 #define mktemp_full_usage "\n\n" \
        "Create a temporary file with name based on TEMPLATE and print its name.\n" \
-       "TEMPLATE must end with XXXXXX (i.e., /tmp/temp.XXXXXX).\n" \
+       "TEMPLATE must end with XXXXXX (e.g. [/dir/]nameXXXXXX).\n" \
      "\nOptions:" \
      "\n        -d      Make a directory instead of a file" \
 /*   "\n        -q      Fail silently if an error occurs" - we ignore it */ \