[PATCH 34/42] xargs.1: use ellipses in synopsis

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:49:13 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.findutils.bugs
Message-ID <20251119034913.osyw2m5e6vmsyiqr@illithid>
...rather than pluralization.
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 xargs/xargs.1 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xargs/xargs.1 b/xargs/xargs.1
index 3922a20f..d797b079 100644
--- a/xargs/xargs.1
+++ b/xargs/xargs.1
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ .SH NAME
 xargs \- build and execute command lines from standard input
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B xargs
-.RI [ options ]
+.RI [ option \*(~~.\|.\|.\&]
 .RI [ command ]
-.RI [ initial-arguments ]
+.RI [ initial-argument \*(~~.\|.\|.]
 .
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This manual page
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