From: Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:46:48 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Cosmetics in the help and man page.
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Cosmetics in the help and man page.
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diff --git a/dus.1 b/dus.1
index c676383..7df68b9 100644
--- a/dus.1
+++ b/dus.1
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ dus \- A simple command line utility for size-sorting files
 
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 
-\fBdus\fP is a command line utility to sort files and directories
-according to their size. It computes the said size by summing
-recursively exact file sizes through directories.
+\fBdus\fP lists files and directories according to their size. It
+computes the said sizes by summing recursively exact file sizes
+through directories. If a directory has its name appended with '/', it
+is not listed, but the elements it contains are. If no files or
+directories are provided as arguments, the current directory is used
+as default.
 
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .TP
diff --git a/dus.c b/dus.c
index 780d360..d9ae828 100644
--- a/dus.c
+++ b/dus.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ void print_sorted(struct entry_node *root, int width, int height) {
 void usage(FILE *out) {
   fprintf(out, "Usage: dus [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n");
   fprintf(out, "Version %s (%s)\n", VERSION_NUMBER, UNAME);
-  fprintf(out, "List files and directories sorted according to their sizes. If no files or directories are provided as arguments, use the content of the current directory.\n");
+  fprintf(out, "Lists files and directories according to their size. The sizes are computed by summing recursively exact file sizes through directories. If a given directory has its name appended with '/', it is not listed, but the elements it contains are. If no files or directories are provided as arguments, the current directory is used as default.\n");
   fprintf(out, "\n");
   /*            01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789*/
   fprintf(out, "   -d, --ignore-dots          ignore files and directories starting with a '.'\n");