Clarify strip docs.

	binutils/
	* objcopy.c (strip_usage): Reword --remove-section description.
	* doc/binutils.texi (strip): Likewise.

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 3575d4ae0212abb3c1f64665899b5eb5ae0dfd55..b2bb3f1d2ef324ccea76fdba0672e0f221b2863b 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-12-23  Andrew Stubbs  <ams@codesourcery.com>
+
+       * objcopy.c (strip_usage): Reword --remove-section description.
+       * doc/binutils.texi (strip): Likewise.
+
 2014-12-23  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
        * doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Reformat to avoid overlong lines.

diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 5842a91d4bfde9af7995a421fdfe860c3037e373..1ac71fe8e8b07b20fdad5ec733ba19aa140e7186 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -2891,7 +2891,8 @@ Replace @var{objfile} with a file in the output format @var{bfdname}.
 
 @item -R @var{sectionname}
 @itemx --remove-section=@var{sectionname}
-Remove any section named @var{sectionname} from the output file.  This
+Remove any section named @var{sectionname} from the output file, in
+addition to whatever sections would otherwise be removed.  This
 option may be given more than once.  Note that using this option
 inappropriately may make the output file unusable.  The wildcard
 character @samp{*} may be given at the end of @var{sectionname}.  If

diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 07794cbbf8b10c8cc293e1adb0143cf2d5f1f957..2e1cb54ec827a9df9e4558e8babfecb98706cc56 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ strip_usage (FILE *stream, int exit_status)
   -U --disable-deterministic-archives\n\
                                    Disable -D behavior (default)\n"));
   fprintf (stream, _("\
-  -R --remove-section=<name>       Remove section <name> from the output\n\
+  -R --remove-section=<name>       Also remove section <name> from the output\n\
   -s --strip-all                   Remove all symbol and relocation information\n\
   -g -S -d --strip-debug           Remove all debugging symbols & sections\n\
      --strip-dwo                   Remove all DWO sections\n\