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authorMike McQuaid2013-01-27 19:46:29 +0000
committerMike McQuaid2013-01-29 17:14:11 -0800
commit8ccda70344f5b19b4781a7e48b3dbf4ba2641d15 (patch)
treebc8e9f8ac6b1f92c447b04b3a132b6f5a86b33ef
parent599b012702127b821826d3e9f5c5f5521b82fd16 (diff)
downloadbrew-8ccda70344f5b19b4781a7e48b3dbf4ba2641d15.tar.bz2
Improve the explanation of the verbose flags.
Closes Homebrew/homebrew#17181.
-rw-r--r--Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md3
-rw-r--r--share/man/man1/brew.15
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
index 150288c1b..b151b6f0a 100644
--- a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
+++ b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ didn't include with OS X.
For the full command list, see the COMMANDS section.
-With `--verbose`, many commands print extra debugging information.
+With `--verbose` or `-v`, many commands print extra debugging information.
+Note that these flags should only appear after a command.
* `install` <formula>:
Install <formula>.
diff --git a/share/man/man1/brew.1 b/share/man/man1/brew.1
index 14a259895..a7610061e 100644
--- a/share/man/man1/brew.1
+++ b/share/man/man1/brew.1
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple di
For the full command list, see the COMMANDS section\.
.
.P
-With \fB\-\-verbose\fR, many commands print extra debugging information\.
+With \fB\-\-verbose\fR or \fB\-v\fR, many commands print extra debugging information\.
+.
+.br
+Note that these flags should only appear after a command\.
.
.TP
\fBinstall\fR \fIformula\fR