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-rw-r--r--Source/cmStringCommand.cxx2
-rw-r--r--Source/cmStringCommand.h3
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmStringCommand.cxx b/Source/cmStringCommand.cxx
index 3c74dc9865..d239c063ad 100644
--- a/Source/cmStringCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmStringCommand.cxx
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ bool cmStringCommand::HandleSubstringCommand(std::vector<std::string> const&
if ( end < -1 || end > leftOverLength )
{
cmOStringStream ostr;
- ostr << "end index: " << end << " is out of range " << 0 << " - "
+ ostr << "end index: " << end << " is out of range -1 - "
<< leftOverLength;
this->SetError(ostr.str().c_str());
return false;
diff --git a/Source/cmStringCommand.h b/Source/cmStringCommand.h
index 9586449417..52b83d9f37 100644
--- a/Source/cmStringCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmStringCommand.h
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ public:
"a file.\n"
"TOUPPER/TOLOWER will convert string to upper/lower characters.\n"
"LENGTH will return a given string's length.\n"
- "SUBSTRING will return a substring of a given string.\n"
+ "SUBSTRING will return a substring of a given string. If length is "
+ "-1 the remainder of the string starting at begin will be returned.\n"
"STRIP will return a substring of a given string with leading "
"and trailing spaces removed.\n"
"RANDOM will return a random string of given length consisting of "