ls: better help text for -a and -A

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/ls.c b/coreutils/ls.c
index 847fdec07..217321933 100644
--- a/coreutils/ls.c
+++ b/coreutils/ls.c
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
 //usage:#define ls_full_usage "\n\n"
 //usage:       "List directory contents\n"
 //usage:     "\nOptions:"
-//usage:     "\n        -1      List in a single column"
-//usage:     "\n        -A      Don't list . and .."
-//usage:     "\n        -a      Don't hide entries starting with ."
+//usage:     "\n        -1      One column output"
+//usage:     "\n        -a      Include entries which start with ."
+//usage:     "\n        -A      Like -a, but exclude . and .."
 //usage:     "\n        -C      List by columns"
 //usage:     "\n        -x      List by lines"
 //usage:     "\n        -d      List directory entries instead of contents"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 //usage:     "\n        -l      Long listing format"
 //usage:     "\n        -i      List inode numbers"
 //usage:     "\n        -n      List numeric UIDs and GIDs instead of names"
-//usage:     "\n        -s      List the size of each file, in blocks"
+//usage:     "\n        -s      List allocated blocks"
 //usage:        IF_FEATURE_LS_TIMESTAMPS(
 //usage:     "\n        -e      List full date and time"
 //usage:        )
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@
 //usage:        )
 //usage:        IF_FEATURE_LS_SORTFILES(
 //usage:     "\n        -r      Sort in reverse order"
-//usage:     "\n        -S      Sort by file size"
+//usage:     "\n        -S      Sort by size"
 //usage:     "\n        -X      Sort by extension"
 //usage:     "\n        -v      Sort by version"
 //usage:        )
 //usage:        IF_FEATURE_LS_TIMESTAMPS(
 //usage:     "\n        -c      With -l: sort by ctime"
-//usage:     "\n        -t      With -l: sort by modification time"
-//usage:     "\n        -u      With -l: sort by access time"
+//usage:     "\n        -t      With -l: sort by mtime"
+//usage:     "\n        -u      With -l: sort by atime"
 //usage:        )
 //usage:        IF_SELINUX(
 //usage:     "\n        -k      List security context"