(Colors): Note that --color is intended for overriding the terminal defaults,

not for normal invocation.

diff --git a/man/cmdargs.texi b/man/cmdargs.texi
index fc17d7ec6950198fbedadf70413f59397da5bfa0..f664c3144ce1326d2f31c8489f603a00aa5a6e2f 100644 (file)
--- a/man/cmdargs.texi
+++ b/man/cmdargs.texi
@@ -951,8 +951,12 @@ Reverse video---swap the foreground and background colors.
 @item --color=@var{mode}
 @opindex --color
 @cindex standard colors on a character terminal
-For a character terminal only, specify the mode of color support.  The
-parameter @var{mode} can be one of the following:
+@cindex override character terminal color support
+For a character terminal only, specify the mode of color support.
+This option is intended for overriding the number of supported colors
+that the character terminal advertises in its @code{termcap} or
+@code{terminfo} database.  The parameter @var{mode} can be one of the
+following:
 @table @samp
 @item never
 @itemx no