It is the (implied sub)option name which is optional, not the value of that (sub)option, make it so in the help output. (Introduced by commit 22a0e04b9bb)
Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <m...@tls.msk.ru> --- qemu-options.hx | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 8355f9b..688040e 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -2539,9 +2539,9 @@ Like -monitor but opens in 'control' mode. ETEXI DEF("mon", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_mon, \ - "-mon chardev=[name][,mode=readline|control][,default]\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) + "-mon [chardev=]name[,mode=readline|control][,default]\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) STEXI -@item -mon chardev=[name][,mode=readline|control][,default] +@item -mon [chardev=]name[,mode=readline|control][,default] @findex -mon Setup monitor on chardev @var{name}. ETEXI -- 1.7.10.4