From: Daniel Gustafsson <dgustafsson@postgresql.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 11:44:58 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: psql: Clarify help message for WATCH_INTERVAL
X-Git-Tag: REL_18_BETA1~226
X-Git-Url: http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ae60947643722da257a59f8f16f855add307583f;p=postgresql.git

psql: Clarify help message for WATCH_INTERVAL

The help message for WATCH_INTERVAL was hard to interpret and didn't
follow the style of other messages, this updates it to nake it fit in
better and be easier to interpret.

Author: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Reported-by: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20250326.120732.1167093737847500721.horikyota.ntt@gmail.com
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diff --git a/src/bin/psql/help.c b/src/bin/psql/help.c
index fe96e3e1de9..daa725246c9 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/help.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/help.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ helpVariables(unsigned short int pager)
 		  "  VERSION_NUM\n"
 		  "    psql's version (in verbose string, short string, or numeric format)\n");
 	HELP0("  WATCH_INTERVAL\n"
-		  "    number of seconds \\watch by default waits between executing the query buffer\n");
+		  "    if set to a number, overrides the default two second \\watch interval\n");
 
 	HELP0("\nDisplay settings:\n");
 	HELP0("Usage:\n");