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diff --git a/man/cmdargs.texi b/man/cmdargs.texi index fc17d7ec695..f664c3144ce 100644 --- a/man/cmdargs.texi +++ b/man/cmdargs.texi @@ -951,8 +951,12 @@ Reverse video---swap the foreground and background colors. @item --color=@var{mode} @opindex --color @cindex standard colors on a character terminal -For a character terminal only, specify the mode of color support. The -parameter @var{mode} can be one of the following: +@cindex override character terminal color support +For a character terminal only, specify the mode of color support. +This option is intended for overriding the number of supported colors +that the character terminal advertises in its @code{termcap} or +@code{terminfo} database. The parameter @var{mode} can be one of the +following: @table @samp @item never @itemx no |