Even more precise

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/doc/source.rst b/doc/source.rst
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@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ When running your code, the ``coverage run`` command will by default measure
 all code, unless it is part of the Python standard library.
 
 You can specify source to measure with the ``--source`` command-line switch, or
-the ``[run] source`` configuration value.  The value is a comma-separated list
-of directories or package names.  If specified, only source inside these
-directories or packages will be measured.  Specifying the source option also
-enables coverage.py to report on unexecuted files, since it can search the
-source tree for files that haven't been measured at all.  Only importable files
-(ones at the root of the tree, or in directories with a ``__init__.py`` file)
-will be considered, and files with unusual punctuation in their names will be
-skipped (they are assumed to be scratch files written by text editors).
+the ``[run] source`` configuration value.  The value is a comma- or
+newline-separated list of directories or package names.  If specified, only
+source inside these directories or packages will be measured.  Specifying the
+source option also enables coverage.py to report on unexecuted files, since it
+can search the source tree for files that haven't been measured at all.  Only
+importable files (ones at the root of the tree, or in directories with a
+``__init__.py`` file) will be considered, and files with unusual punctuation in
+their names will be skipped (they are assumed to be scratch files written by
+text editors).
 
 You can further fine-tune coverage.py's attention with the ``--include`` and
 ``--omit`` switches (or ``[run] include`` and ``[run] omit`` configuration