(tail invocation): In the obsolete usage, the

count is optional, so put square brackets around it.

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 0694025..e931540 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-01-30  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): In the obsolete usage, the
+       count is optional, so put square brackets around it.
+
 2006-01-02  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * getdate.texi (General date syntax): Invalid dates are rejected.

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 516b847..433b37f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ Always print file name headers.
 @end table
 
 For compatibility @command{tail} also supports an obsolete usage
-@samp{tail -@var{count}[bcl][f] [@var{file}]}, which is recognized
+@samp{tail -[@var{count}][bcl][f] [@var{file}]}, which is recognized
 only if it does not conflict with the usage described
 above.  This obsolete form uses exactly one option and at most one
 file.  In the option, @var{count} is an optional decimal number optionally