(Colors): Note that --color is intended for overriding the terminal defaults,

not for normal invocation.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index 2698750e72a..cda1e14d8f8 100644
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-12-08  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
+        * cmdargs.texi (Colors): Note that --color is intended for overriding
+        the terminal defaults, not for normal invocation.
+
         * misc.texi (Emacs Server): Improve wording.  Don't mention the
         ``server program''.  Add a cross-reference to "Init File" node.
         (Invoking emacsclient): Add index entries.  Document both short and
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