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[rsync/rsync.git] / options.c

diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 669b15f..3101c3d 100644 (file)
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -258,9 +258,8 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
   rprintf(F,"  or   rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... [USER@]HOST::DEST\n");
   rprintf(F,"  or   rsync [OPTION]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC [DEST]\n");
   rprintf(F,"  or   rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/DEST\n");
-  rprintf(F,"SRC on single-colon remote HOST will be expanded by remote shell\n");
-  rprintf(F,"SRC on server remote HOST may contain shell wildcards or multiple\n");
-  rprintf(F,"  sources separated by space as long as they have same top-level\n");
+  rprintf(F,"The ':' usages connect via remote shell, while '::' & 'rsync://' usages connect\n");
+  rprintf(F,"to an rsync daemon, and require SRC or DEST to start with a module name.\n");
   rprintf(F,"\nOptions\n");
   rprintf(F," -v, --verbose               increase verbosity\n");
   rprintf(F," -q, --quiet                 suppress non-error messages\n");