Minor doc clarification on sparse mode support

diff --git a/programs/lz4.1 b/programs/lz4.1
index a79fed3..414da48 100644 (file)
--- a/programs/lz4.1
+++ b/programs/lz4.1
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ independently, and the resulting name of the compressed file will be
 hence for a file. It won't work with unknown source size, such as stdin or pipe.
 .TP
 .B \--[no-]sparse 
- sparse file support (default:enabled)
+ sparse mode support (default:enabled on file, disabled on stdout)
 .TP
 .B \-l
  use Legacy format (useful for Linux Kernel compression)

diff --git a/programs/lz4cli.c b/programs/lz4cli.c
index 8117785..32ce4f3 100644 (file)
--- a/programs/lz4cli.c
+++ b/programs/lz4cli.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static int usage_advanced(void)
     /* DISPLAY( " -BX    : enable block checksum (default:disabled)\n");   *//* Option currently inactive */
     DISPLAY( "--no-frame-crc : disable stream checksum (default:enabled)\n");
     DISPLAY( "--content-size : compressed frame includes original size (default:not present)\n");
-    DISPLAY( "--[no-]sparse  : sparse file support (default:enabled)\n");
+    DISPLAY( "--[no-]sparse  : sparse mode (default:enabled on file, disabled on stdout)\n");
     DISPLAY( "Benchmark arguments :\n");
     DISPLAY( " -b     : benchmark file(s)\n");
     DISPLAY( " -i#    : iteration loops [1-9](default : 3), benchmark mode only\n");