Merge tag 'upstream/1.6'

[debian/gzip] / zdiff.1

diff --git a/zdiff.1 b/zdiff.1
index 3b0ace58e1b7ef13812e574f61c0aeef05afa237..d1b12358d11cb56b26aa56b68b4d2b0debc17706 100644 (file)
--- a/zdiff.1
+++ b/zdiff.1
@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@ All options specified are passed directly to
 .I cmp
 or
 .IR diff "."
-If only one file is specified, then it is compared to a file with the same name
-without the
-.I ".gz"
-extension. If two files are specified, then they are uncompressed if necessary
-and fed to
+If only
+.I file1
+is specified, it is compared to the uncompressed contents of
+.IR file1 ".gz."
+If two files are specified, their contents (uncompressed if necessary) are fed to
 .I cmp
 or
 .IR diff "."
+The input files are not modified.
 The exit status from
 .I cmp
 or
@@ -44,4 +45,5 @@ Messages from the
 .I cmp
 or
 .I diff
-programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified.
+programs may refer to file names such as "\-" instead of to the file
+names specified.