# HG changeset patch
# User Matt Harbison <matt_harbison@yahoo.com>
# Date 2017-10-28 04:00:05
# Node ID a74befa25adea6464cd097bf5a227551c48483e9
# Parent  362096cfdb1f13a1c230be9f64a7964dfdec7b85

status: update the help to indicate that clean files are not normally tersed

The same applies to '?' if --quiet is used (or any of the other states if some
of -marduic is specified), but I couldn't figure out how to express that
clearly.

diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -4787,9 +4787,9 @@ def status(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
       for 'added', 'r' for 'removed', 'd' for 'deleted', 'u' for 'unknown', 'i'
       for 'ignored' and 'c' for clean.
 
-      It abbreviates only those statuses which are passed. Note that ignored
-      files are not displayed with '--terse i' unless the -i/--ignored option is
-      also used.
+      It abbreviates only those statuses which are passed. Note that clean and
+      ignored files are not displayed with '--terse ic' unless the -c/--clean
+      and -i/--ignored options are also used.
 
       The -v/--verbose option shows information when the repository is in an
       unfinished merge, shelve, rebase state etc. You can have this behavior