# HG changeset patch
# User Matt Harbison <matt_harbison@yahoo.com>
# Date 2017-05-04 02:05:23
# Node ID edbbd18a47abe1b5f11edbab028ed2e3898eb979
# Parent  c4eb23116a093ebe9270fd8b24851cba0e30e652

help: attempt to clarify that pager usage is not output length based

This may be too subtle of a change to get the point across, but when I first
read the original text, I thought maybe the pager would only be invoked if
writing more than a screenful.  The distinction between this and a pager that
simply exits after printing less than a screenful is important on Windows, given
the inability of `more` to color output.

diff --git a/mercurial/help/pager.txt b/mercurial/help/pager.txt
--- a/mercurial/help/pager.txt
+++ b/mercurial/help/pager.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Some Mercurial commands produce a lot of output, and Mercurial will
+Some Mercurial commands can produce a lot of output, and Mercurial will
 attempt to use a pager to make those commands more pleasant.
 
 To set the pager that should be used, set the application variable::