Fix misleading --force documentation (bug 6752)

[rsync/rsync.git] / options.c

diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 3c72eae..a0b0200 100644 (file)
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
   rprintf(F,"     --ignore-missing-args   ignore missing source args without error\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --delete-missing-args   delete missing source args from destination\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --ignore-errors         delete even if there are I/O errors\n");
-  rprintf(F,"     --force                 force deletion of directories even if not empty\n");
+  rprintf(F,"     --force                 OK to replace non-empty dirs with non-dirs\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --max-delete=NUM        don't delete more than NUM files\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --max-size=SIZE         don't transfer any file larger than SIZE\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --min-size=SIZE         don't transfer any file smaller than SIZE\n");