From a3fda980563cf11c0780a708caead4e46ae0ed19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 19:19:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that "-w" specifies a *pcap-format* file to be
 written to.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=29029
---
 tshark.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tshark.c b/tshark.c
index 1dd65fb121..52aa40f054 100644
--- a/tshark.c
+++ b/tshark.c
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ print_usage(gboolean print_ver)
 
   /*fprintf(output, "\n");*/
   fprintf(output, "Output:\n");
-  fprintf(output, "  -w <outfile|->           set the output filename (or '-' for stdout)\n");
+  fprintf(output, "  -w <outfile|->           write packets to a pcap-format file named \"outfile\"\n");
+  fprintf(output, "                           (or to the standard output for \"-\")\n");
   fprintf(output, "  -C <config profile>      start with specified configuration profile\n");
   fprintf(output, "  -F <output file type>    set the output file type, default is libpcap\n");
   fprintf(output, "                           an empty \"-F\" option will list the file types\n");