Options like --help and --usage allow arguments just fine: they are simply ignored. The words "and exit" imply this. There is no need to mention this explicitly.
* doc/tar.1: Remove an incorrect observation, three times. --- doc/tar.1 | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/tar.1 b/doc/tar.1 index 23ae7ac2..e87b956c 100644 --- a/doc/tar.1 +++ b/doc/tar.1 @@ -230,14 +230,13 @@ they specify names of the archive members to be extracted. .TP .TP \fB\-\-show\-defaults\fR -Show built-in defaults for various \fBtar\fR options and exit. No -arguments are allowed. +Show built-in defaults for various \fBtar\fR options and exit. .TP \fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help -Display a short option summary and exit. No arguments allowed. +Display a short option summary and exit. .TP \fB\-\-usage\fR -Display a list of available options and exit. No arguments allowed. +Display a list of available options and exit. .TP \fB\-\-version\fR Print program version and copyright information and exit. -- 2.40.1
