Describe acceptable wildcard style

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/cmdline.py b/coverage/cmdline.py
index 19e0536e..9b807040 100644
--- a/coverage/cmdline.py
+++ b/coverage/cmdline.py
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ class Opts(object):
     include = optparse.make_option(
         '', '--include', action='store',
         metavar="PAT1,PAT2,...",
-        help="Include files only when their filename path matches one of "
-                "these patterns.  Usually needs quoting on the command line."
+        help="Include only files whose paths match one of these patterns."
+                "Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted."
         )
     pylib = optparse.make_option(
         '-L', '--pylib', action='store_true',
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ class Opts(object):
     old_omit = optparse.make_option(
         '-o', '--omit', action='store',
         metavar="PAT1,PAT2,...",
-        help="Omit files when their filename matches one of these patterns. "
-                "Usually needs quoting on the command line."
+        help="Omit files whose paths match one of these patterns. "
+                "Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted."
         )
     omit = optparse.make_option(
         '', '--omit', action='store',
         metavar="PAT1,PAT2,...",
-        help="Omit files when their filename matches one of these patterns. "
-                "Usually needs quoting on the command line."
+        help="Omit files whose paths match one of these patterns. "
+                "Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted."
         )
     output_xml = optparse.make_option(
         '-o', '', action='store', dest="outfile",