Update docs for inclusion patterns [ci skip]

3 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 923ecca..823d95b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,13 +45,14 @@ suite. To start the accounting from scratch, just delete the stats file.
 
 To generate a report, just run the `luacov` command-line script. It expects to
 find a file named `luacov.stats.out` in the current directory, and outputs a
-file named `luacov.report.out`. The script take the following parameters;
+file named `luacov.report.out`. The script takes the following parameters:
 
-    luacov [-c=configfile] [filename [ filename[ ...]]]
+    luacov [-c=configfile] [filename...]
 
-For the `-c` option see below at [configuration](#configuration). The filenames (actually
-patterns) indicate the files to include in the report, specifying them here
-equals to adding them to the `include` list in the configuration file.
+For the `-c` option see below at [configuration](#configuration). The filenames
+(actually Lua patterns) indicate the files to include in the report, specifying them here
+equals to adding them to the `include` list in the configuration file, with `.lua`
+extension stripped.
 
 This is an example output of the report file:
 
diff --git a/src/bin/luacov b/src/bin/luacov
index c28a61b..60c477a 100755
--- a/src/bin/luacov
+++ b/src/bin/luacov
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ Usage:
    Launch this script to generate a report from collected stats.
 
    By default it reports on every Lua file encountered running your
-   script. To filter filenames, pass one or more patterns in the
-   command line, or use a config.
+   script. To filter filenames, pass one or more Lua patterns matching
+   files to be inclueded in the command line, or use a config.
 
 Options:
    -c filename, --config filename
diff --git a/src/luacov/defaults.lua b/src/luacov/defaults.lua
index 89ab063..50213b4 100644
--- a/src/luacov/defaults.lua
+++ b/src/luacov/defaults.lua
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ return {
   -- does not start with '@'. Default: false.
   codefromstrings = false,
 
-  --- Patterns for files to include when reporting.
+  --- Lua patterns for files to include when reporting.
   -- All will be included if nothing is listed.
   -- Do not include the '.lua' extension. Path separator is always '/'.
   -- Overruled by `exclude`.
   include = {},
 
-  --- Patterns for files to exclude when reporting.
+  --- Lua patterns for files to exclude when reporting.
   -- Nothing will be excluded if nothing is listed.
   -- Do not include the '.lua' extension. Path separator is always '/'.
   -- Overrules `include`.