* apt-pkg/aptconfiguration.cc:

[apt.git] / doc / apt-get.8.xml

diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 65929e733bd6609c396b9d438dda29c93c39b2c8..15b9701e2a05258bf04c337ebf51f20eb507ab01 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -397,9 +397,10 @@
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>--only-upgrade</option></term>
-     <listitem><para>Do not install new packages; When used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>,
-     <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will prevent packages on the command line
-     from being upgraded if they are not already installed.
+     <listitem><para>Do not install new packages; When used in conjunction
+     with <literal>install</literal>, <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will
+     install upgrades for already installed packages only and ignore requests
+     to install new packages.
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>