tail: tweak usage for more clarity

* src/tail.c (usage): Spell out -n +K.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Jan-Pawel Wrozstinski.

diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 65ac1bb..29013f6 100644 (file)
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ Jan Engelhardt                      jengelh@medozas.de
 Jan Fedak                           J.Fedak@sh.cvut.cz
 Jan Moringen                        jan.moringen@uni-bielefeld.de
 Jan Nieuwenhuizen                   janneke@gnu.org
+Jan-Pawel Wrozstinski               jpwroz@gmail.com
 Janos Farkas                        chexum@shadow.banki.hu
 Jarkko Hietaniemi                   jhi@epsilon.hut.fi
 Jarod Wilson                        jwilson@redhat.com

diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index f3fe6a3..b6ad290 100644 (file)
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
 "), stdout);
      fputs (_("\
-  -c, --bytes=K            output the last K bytes; alternatively, use +K to\n\
-                           output bytes starting with the Kth of each file\n\
+  -c, --bytes=K            output the last K bytes; alternatively, use -c +K\n
+                           to output bytes starting with the Kth of each file\n\
 "), stdout);
      fputs (_("\
   -f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]\n\
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
 "), stdout);
      printf (_("\
   -n, --lines=K            output the last K lines, instead of the last %d;\n\
-                           or use +K to output lines starting with the Kth\n\
+                           or use -n +K to output lines starting with the Kth\n\
       --max-unchanged-stats=N\n\
                            with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\
                            changed size after N (default %d) iterations\n\