Recommit of Bug#49447.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/client/mysqlshow.c b/client/mysqlshow.c
index 15f791ca8fb..370efe83f10 100644
--- a/client/mysqlshow.c
+++ b/client/mysqlshow.c
@@ -160,17 +160,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
 {
 #ifdef __NETWARE__
-  {"autoclose", OPT_AUTO_CLOSE, "Auto close the screen on exit for Netware.",
+  {"autoclose", OPT_AUTO_CLOSE, "Automatically close the screen on exit for Netware.",
    0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
-  {"character-sets-dir", 'c', "Directory where character sets are.",
+  {"character-sets-dir", 'c', "Directory for character set files.",
    (uchar**) &charsets_dir, (uchar**) &charsets_dir, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"default-character-set", OPT_DEFAULT_CHARSET,
    "Set the default character set.", (uchar**) &default_charset,
    (uchar**) &default_charset, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"count", OPT_COUNT,
-   "Show number of rows per table (may be slow for not MyISAM tables)",
+   "Show number of rows per table (may be slow for non-MyISAM tables).",
    (uchar**) &opt_count, (uchar**) &opt_count, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0},
   {"compress", 'C', "Use compression in server/client protocol.",
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
   {"keys", 'k', "Show keys for table.", (uchar**) &opt_show_keys,
    (uchar**) &opt_show_keys, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"password", 'p',
-   "Password to use when connecting to server. If password is not given it's asked from the tty.",
+   "Password to use when connecting to server. If password is not given, it's "
+   "solicited on the tty.",
    0, 0, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"port", 'P', "Port number to use for connection or 0 for default to, in "
    "order of preference, my.cnf, $MYSQL_TCP_PORT, "
@@ -209,7 +210,8 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
   {"pipe", 'W', "Use named pipes to connect to server.", 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG,
    NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
-  {"protocol", OPT_MYSQL_PROTOCOL, "The protocol of connection (tcp,socket,pipe,memory).",
+  {"protocol", OPT_MYSQL_PROTOCOL, 
+   "The protocol to use for connection (tcp, socket, pipe, memory).",
    0, 0, 0, GET_STR,  REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef HAVE_SMEM
   {"shared-memory-base-name", OPT_SHARED_MEMORY_BASE_NAME,
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
   {"show-table-type", 't', "Show table type column.",
    (uchar**) &opt_table_type, (uchar**) &opt_table_type, 0, GET_BOOL,
    NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
-  {"socket", 'S', "Socket file to use for connection.",
+  {"socket", 'S', "The socket file to use for connection.",
    (uchar**) &opt_mysql_unix_port, (uchar**) &opt_mysql_unix_port, 0, GET_STR,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #include <sslopt-longopts.h>
@@ -228,7 +230,8 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
    (uchar**) &user, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"verbose", 'v',
-   "More verbose output; You can use this multiple times to get even more verbose output.",
+   "More verbose output; you can use this multiple times to get even more "
+   "verbose output.",
    0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"version", 'V', "Output version information and exit.", 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG,
    NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -250,16 +253,16 @@ static void usage(void)
 {
   print_version();
   puts("Copyright 2000-2008 MySQL AB, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.");
-  puts("This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,\nand you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license\n");
-  puts("Shows the structure of a mysql database (databases,tables and columns)\n");
+  puts("This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,\nand you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license.\n");
+  puts("Shows the structure of a MySQL database (databases, tables, and columns).\n");
   printf("Usage: %s [OPTIONS] [database [table [column]]]\n",my_progname);
   puts("\n\
 If last argument contains a shell or SQL wildcard (*,?,% or _) then only\n\
 what\'s matched by the wildcard is shown.\n\
 If no database is given then all matching databases are shown.\n\
-If no table is given then all matching tables in database are shown\n\
-If no column is given then all matching columns and columntypes in table\n\
-are shown");
+If no table is given, then all matching tables in database are shown.\n\
+If no column is given, then all matching columns and column types in table\n\
+are shown.");
   print_defaults("my",load_default_groups);
   my_print_help(my_long_options);
   my_print_variables(my_long_options);