cmdline-opts: shorter help texts

In an effort to increase the readability of the "--help all" output on
narrow (80 column) terminals.

Co-authored-by: Jay Satiro

Closes #13169

docs/cmdline-opts/aws-sigv4.md

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: aws-sigv4
 Protocols: HTTP
-Arg: <provider1[:provider2[:region[:service]]]>
+Arg: <provider1[:prvdr2[:reg[:srv]]]>
-Help: Use AWS V4 signature authentication
+Help: AWS V4 signature auth
 Category: auth http
 Added: 7.75.0
 Multi: single

docs/cmdline-opts/basic.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: basic
-Help: Use HTTP Basic Authentication
+Help: HTTP Basic Authentication
 Protocols: HTTP
 Category: auth
 Added: 7.10.6

docs/cmdline-opts/ca-native.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: ca-native
-Help: Use CA certificates from the native OS
+Help: Load CA certs from the OS
 Protocols: TLS
 Category: tls
 Added: 8.2.0

docs/cmdline-opts/cert-status.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: cert-status
 Protocols: TLS
 Added: 7.41.0
-Help: Verify the status of the server cert via OCSP-staple
+Help: Verify server cert status OCSP-staple
 Category: tls
 Multi: boolean
 See-also:

docs/cmdline-opts/connect-timeout.md

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: connect-timeout
-Arg: <fractional seconds>
+Arg: <seconds>
-Help: Maximum time allowed for connection
+Help: Maximum time allowed to connect
 Category: connection
 Added: 7.7
 Multi: single

docs/cmdline-opts/cookie-jar.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Short: c
 Long: cookie-jar
 Arg: <filename>
 Protocols: HTTP
-Help: Write cookies to <filename> after operation
+Help: Save cookies to <filename> after operation
 Category: http
 Added: 7.9
 Multi: single

docs/cmdline-opts/cookie.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Short: b
 Long: cookie
 Arg: <data|filename>
 Protocols: HTTP
-Help: Send cookies from string/file
+Help: Send cookies from string/load from file
 Category: http
 Added: 4.9
 Multi: append

docs/cmdline-opts/crlfile.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: crlfile
 Arg: <file>
 Protocols: TLS
-Help: Use this CRL list
+Help: Certificate Revocation list
 Added: 7.19.7
 Category: tls
 Multi: single

docs/cmdline-opts/curves.md

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: curves
-Arg: <algorithm list>
+Arg: <list>
-Help: (EC) TLS key exchange algorithm(s) to request
+Help: (EC) TLS key exchange algorithms to request
 Protocols: TLS
 Added: 7.73.0
 Category: tls

docs/cmdline-opts/digest.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: digest
-Help: Use HTTP Digest Authentication
+Help: HTTP Digest Authentication
 Protocols: HTTP
 Mutexed: basic ntlm negotiate
 Category: proxy auth http

docs/cmdline-opts/doh-cert-status.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: doh-cert-status
-Help: Verify the status of the DoH server cert via OCSP-staple
+Help: Verify DoH server cert status OCSP-staple
 Added: 7.76.0
 Category: dns tls
 Multi: boolean
@@ -15,3 +15,12 @@ Example:
 # `--doh-cert-status`
 
 Same as --cert-status but used for DoH (DNS-over-HTTPS).
+
+Verifies the status of the DoH servers' certificate by using the Certificate
+Status Request (aka. OCSP stapling) TLS extension.
+
+If this option is enabled and the DoH server sends an invalid (e.g. expired)
+response, if the response suggests that the server certificate has been
+revoked, or no response at all is received, the verification fails.
+
+This support is currently only implemented in the OpenSSL and GnuTLS backends.

docs/cmdline-opts/etag-compare.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: etag-compare
 Arg: <file>
-Help: Pass an ETag from a file as a custom header
+Help: Load ETag from file
 Protocols: HTTP
 Added: 7.68.0
 Category: http
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ Example:
 Make a conditional HTTP request for the specific ETag read from the given file
 by sending a custom If-None-Match header using the stored ETag.
 
-For correct results, make sure that the specified file contains only a
+For correct results, make sure that the specified file contains only a single
-single line with the desired ETag. An empty file is parsed as an empty
+line with the desired ETag. An empty file is parsed as an empty ETag.
-ETag.
 
-Use the option --etag-save to first save the ETag from a response, and
+Use the option --etag-save to first save the ETag from a response, and then
-then use this option to compare against the saved ETag in a subsequent
+use this option to compare against the saved ETag in a subsequent request.
-request.

docs/cmdline-opts/etag-save.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: etag-save
 Arg: <file>
-Help: Parse ETag from a request and save it to a file
+Help: Parse incoming ETag and save to a file
 Protocols: HTTP
 Added: 7.68.0
 Category: http

docs/cmdline-opts/fail-early.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: fail-early
-Help: Fail on first transfer error, do not continue
+Help: Fail on first transfer error
 Added: 7.52.0
 Category: curl
 Multi: boolean

docs/cmdline-opts/form-escape.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: form-escape
-Help: Escape multipart form field/filenames using backslash
+Help: Escape form fields using backslash
 Protocols: HTTP
 Added: 7.81.0
 Category: http upload

docs/cmdline-opts/ftp-pasv.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: ftp-pasv
-Help: Use PASV/EPSV instead of PORT
+Help: Send PASV/EPSV instead of PORT
 Protocols: FTP
 Added: 7.11.0
 Category: ftp

docs/cmdline-opts/ftp-port.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: ftp-port
 Arg: <address>
-Help: Use PORT instead of PASV
+Help: Send PORT instead of PASV
 Short: P
 Protocols: FTP
 Category: ftp

docs/cmdline-opts/ftp-ssl-control.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: ftp-ssl-control
-Help: Require SSL/TLS for FTP login, clear for transfer
+Help: Require TLS for login, clear for transfer
 Protocols: FTP
 Added: 7.16.0
 Category: ftp tls

docs/cmdline-opts/globoff.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: globoff
 Short: g
-Help: Disable URL sequences and ranges using {} and []
+Help: Disable URL globbing with {} and []
 Category: curl
 Added: 7.6
 Multi: boolean

docs/cmdline-opts/happy-eyeballs-timeout-ms.md

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: happy-eyeballs-timeout-ms
-Arg: <milliseconds>
+Arg: <ms>
-Help: Time for IPv6 before trying IPv4
+Help: Time for IPv6 before IPv4
 Added: 7.59.0
 Category: connection
 Multi: single

docs/cmdline-opts/haproxy-clientip.md

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: haproxy-clientip
-Arg: <IP address>
+Arg: <ip>
-Help: Sets client IP in HAProxy PROXY protocol v1 header
+Help: Set address in HAProxy PROXY
 Protocols: HTTP
 Added: 8.2.0
 Category: http proxy

docs/cmdline-opts/hostpubmd5.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: hostpubmd5
 Arg: <md5>
-Help: Acceptable MD5 hash of the host public key
+Help: Acceptable MD5 hash of host public key
 Protocols: SFTP SCP
 Added: 7.17.1
 Category: sftp scp

docs/cmdline-opts/hostpubsha256.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: hostpubsha256
 Arg: <sha256>
-Help: Acceptable SHA256 hash of the host public key
+Help: Acceptable SHA256 hash of host public key
 Protocols: SFTP SCP
 Added: 7.80.0
 Category: sftp scp

docs/cmdline-opts/include.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: include
 Short: i
-Help: Include protocol response headers in the output
+Help: Include response headers in output
 Protocols: HTTP FTP
 Category: important verbose
 Added: 4.8

docs/cmdline-opts/libcurl.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: libcurl
 Arg: <file>
-Help: Dump libcurl equivalent code of this command line
+Help: Generate libcurl code for this command line
 Added: 7.16.1
 Category: curl
 Multi: single

docs/cmdline-opts/local-port.md

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: local-port
-Arg: <num/range>
+Arg: <range>
-Help: Force use of RANGE for local port numbers
+Help: Use a local port number within RANGE
 Added: 7.15.2
 Category: connection
 Multi: single

docs/cmdline-opts/location-trusted.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: location-trusted
-Help: Like --location, and send auth to other hosts
+Help: Like --location, but send auth to other hosts
 Protocols: HTTP
 Category: http auth
 Added: 7.10.4

docs/cmdline-opts/mail-rcpt-allowfails.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: mail-rcpt-allowfails
-Help: Allow RCPT TO command to fail for some recipients
+Help: Allow RCPT TO command to fail
 Protocols: SMTP
 Added: 7.69.0
 Category: smtp

docs/cmdline-opts/max-time.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: max-time
 Short: m
-Arg: <fractional seconds>
+Arg: <seconds>
 Help: Maximum time allowed for transfer
 Category: connection
 Added: 4.0

docs/cmdline-opts/ntlm-wb.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: ntlm-wb
-Help: Use HTTP NTLM authentication with winbind
+Help: HTTP NTLM authentication with winbind
 Protocols: HTTP
 Category: auth http
 Added: 7.22.0

docs/cmdline-opts/ntlm.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: ntlm
-Help: Use HTTP NTLM authentication
+Help: HTTP NTLM authentication
 Mutexed: basic negotiate digest anyauth
 Protocols: HTTP
 Requires: TLS

docs/cmdline-opts/post301.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: post301
-Help: Do not switch to GET after following a 301
+Help: Do not switch to GET after a 301 redirect
 Protocols: HTTP
 Added: 7.17.1
 Category: http post

docs/cmdline-opts/post302.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: post302
-Help: Do not switch to GET after following a 302
+Help: Do not switch to GET after a 302 redirect
 Protocols: HTTP
 Added: 7.19.1
 Category: http post

docs/cmdline-opts/post303.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: post303
-Help: Do not switch to GET after following a 303
+Help: Do not switch to GET after a 303 redirect
 Protocols: HTTP
 Added: 7.26.0
 Category: http post

docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-ca-native.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: proxy-ca-native
-Help: Use CA certificates from the native OS for proxy
+Help: Load CA certs from the OS to verify proxy
 Protocols: TLS
 Category: tls
 Added: 8.2.0

docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-cacert.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: proxy-cacert
-Help: CA certificate to verify peer against for proxy
+Help: CA certificates to verify proxy against
 Arg: <file>
 Added: 7.52.0
 Category: proxy tls

docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-capath.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: proxy-capath
-Help: CA directory to verify peer against for proxy
+Help: CA directory to verify proxy against
 Arg: <dir>
 Added: 7.52.0
 Category: proxy tls
@@ -18,3 +18,13 @@ Example:
 # `--proxy-capath`
 
 Same as --capath but used in HTTPS proxy context.
+
+Use the specified certificate directory to verify the proxy. Multiple paths
+can be provided by separated with colon (`:`) (e.g. `path1:path2:path3`). The
+certificates must be in PEM format, and if curl is built against OpenSSL, the
+directory must have been processed using the c_rehash utility supplied with
+OpenSSL. Using --proxy-capath can allow OpenSSL-powered curl to make
+SSL-connections much more efficiently than using --proxy-cacert if the
+--proxy-cacert file contains many CA certificates.
+
+If this option is set, the default capath value is ignored.

docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-digest.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: proxy-digest
-Help: Use Digest authentication on the proxy
+Help: Digest auth with the proxy
 Category: proxy tls
 Added: 7.12.0
 Multi: mutex

docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-insecure.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: proxy-insecure
-Help: Do HTTPS proxy connections without verifying the proxy
+Help: Skip HTTPS proxy cert verification
 Added: 7.52.0
 Category: proxy tls
 Multi: boolean
@@ -16,3 +16,15 @@ Example:
 # `--proxy-insecure`
 
 Same as --insecure but used in HTTPS proxy context.
+
+Every secure connection curl makes is verified to be secure before the
+transfer takes place. This option makes curl skip the verification step with a
+proxy and proceed without checking.
+
+When this option is not used for a proxy using HTTPS, curl verifies the
+proxy's TLS certificate before it continues: that the certificate contains the
+right name which matches the hostname and that the certificate has been signed
+by a CA certificate present in the cert store. See this online resource for
+further details: **https://curl.se/docs/sslcerts.html**
+
+**WARNING**: using this option makes the transfer to the proxy insecure.

docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-negotiate.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: proxy-negotiate
-Help: Use HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication on the proxy
+Help: HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) auth with the proxy
 Added: 7.17.1
 Category: proxy auth
 Multi: mutex

docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-ntlm.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: proxy-ntlm
-Help: Use NTLM authentication on the proxy
+Help: NTLM authentication with the proxy
 Category: proxy auth
 Added: 7.10.7
 Multi: mutex

docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-ssl-auto-client-cert.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: proxy-ssl-auto-client-cert
-Help: Use auto client certificate for proxy (Schannel)
+Help: Auto client certificate for proxy
 Added: 7.77.0
 Category: proxy tls
 Multi: boolean
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ Example:
 # `--proxy-ssl-auto-client-cert`
 
 Same as --ssl-auto-client-cert but used in HTTPS proxy context.
+
+This is only supported by Schannel.

docs/cmdline-opts/proxy-tlsv1.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: proxy-tlsv1
-Help: Use TLSv1 for HTTPS proxy
+Help: TLSv1 for HTTPS proxy
 Added: 7.52.0
 Category: proxy tls auth
 Multi: mutex

docs/cmdline-opts/proxytunnel.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: proxytunnel
 Short: p
-Help: Operate through an HTTP proxy tunnel (using CONNECT)
+Help: HTTP proxy tunnel (using CONNECT)
 Category: proxy
 Added: 7.3
 Multi: boolean

docs/cmdline-opts/remote-name.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: remote-name
 Short: O
-Help: Write output to a file named as the remote file
+Help: Write output to file named as remote file
 Category: important output
 Added: 4.0
 Multi: append

docs/cmdline-opts/remote-time.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: remote-time
 Short: R
-Help: Set the remote file's time on the local output
+Help: Set remote file's time on local output
 Category: output
 Added: 7.9
 Multi: boolean

docs/cmdline-opts/resolve.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: resolve
 Arg: <[+]host:port:addr[,addr]...>
-Help: Resolve the host+port to this address
+Help: Resolve host+port to address
 Added: 7.21.3
 Category: connection dns
 Multi: append

docs/cmdline-opts/retry-all-errors.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: retry-all-errors
-Help: Retry all errors (use with --retry)
+Help: Retry all errors (with --retry)
 Added: 7.71.0
 Category: curl
 Multi: boolean

docs/cmdline-opts/retry-connrefused.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: retry-connrefused
-Help: Retry on connection refused (use with --retry)
+Help: Retry on connection refused (with --retry)
 Added: 7.52.0
 Category: curl
 Multi: boolean

docs/cmdline-opts/sasl-ir.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: sasl-ir
-Help: Enable initial response in SASL authentication
+Help: Initial response in SASL authentication
 Added: 7.31.0
 Category: auth
 Multi: boolean

docs/cmdline-opts/socks5-basic.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: socks5-basic
-Help: Enable username/password auth for SOCKS5 proxies
+Help: Username/password auth for SOCKS5 proxies
 Added: 7.55.0
 Category: proxy auth
 Multi: mutex

docs/cmdline-opts/ssl-revoke-best-effort.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: ssl-revoke-best-effort
-Help: Ignore missing/offline cert CRL dist points (Schannel)
+Help: Ignore missing cert CRL dist points
 Added: 7.70.0
 Protocols: TLS
 Category: tls

docs/cmdline-opts/ssl.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: ssl
-Help: Try SSL/TLS
+Help: Try enabling TLS
 Protocols: FTP IMAP POP3 SMTP LDAP
 Added: 7.20.0
 Category: tls

docs/cmdline-opts/sslv2.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Protocols: SSL
 Added: 5.9
 Mutexed: sslv3 tlsv1 tlsv1.1 tlsv1.2
 Requires: TLS
-Help: Use SSLv2
+Help: SSLv2
 Category: tls
 Multi: mutex
 See-also:

docs/cmdline-opts/sslv3.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Protocols: SSL
 Added: 5.9
 Mutexed: sslv2 tlsv1 tlsv1.1 tlsv1.2
 Requires: TLS
-Help: Use SSLv3
+Help: SSLv3
 Category: tls
 Multi: mutex
 See-also:

docs/cmdline-opts/tcp-nodelay.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: tcp-nodelay
-Help: Use the TCP_NODELAY option
+Help: Set TCP_NODELAY
 Added: 7.11.2
 Category: connection
 Multi: boolean

docs/cmdline-opts/tls-max.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Tags: Versions
 Protocols: TLS
 Added: 7.54.0
 Requires: TLS
-Help: Set maximum allowed TLS version
+Help: Maximum allowed TLS version
 Category: tls
 Multi: single
 See-also:

docs/cmdline-opts/tls13-ciphers.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: tls13-ciphers
-Arg: <ciphersuite list>
+Arg: <list>
 help: TLS 1.3 cipher suites to use
 Protocols: TLS
 Category: tls

docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.0.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: tlsv1.0
-Help: Use TLSv1.0 or greater
+Help: TLSv1.0 or greater
 Protocols: TLS
 Added: 7.34.0
 Category: tls

docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.1.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: tlsv1.1
-Help: Use TLSv1.1 or greater
+Help: TLSv1.1 or greater
 Protocols: TLS
 Added: 7.34.0
 Category: tls

docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.2.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: tlsv1.2
-Help: Use TLSv1.2 or greater
+Help: TLSv1.2 or greater
 Protocols: TLS
 Added: 7.34.0
 Category: tls

docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.3.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: tlsv1.3
-Help: Use TLSv1.3 or greater
+Help: TLSv1.3 or greater
 Protocols: TLS
 Added: 7.52.0
 Category: tls

docs/cmdline-opts/tlsv1.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Protocols: TLS
 Added: 7.9.2
 Mutexed: tlsv1.1 tlsv1.2 tlsv1.3
 Requires: TLS
-Help: Use TLSv1.0 or greater
+Help: TLSv1.0 or greater
 Category: tls
 Multi: mutex
 See-also:

docs/cmdline-opts/trace-ids.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: trace-ids
-Help: Add transfer and connection identifiers to trace/verbose output
+Help: Transfer + connection ids in verbose output
 Added: 8.2.0
 Category: verbose
 Multi: boolean

docs/cmdline-opts/write-out.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 Long: write-out
 Short: w
 Arg: <format>
-Help: Use output FORMAT after completion
+Help: Output FORMAT after completion
 Category: verbose
 Added: 6.5
 Multi: single

src/tool_help.c

@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ static const struct category_descriptors categories[] = {
   {NULL, NULL, CURLHELP_HIDDEN}
 };
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#define BORDER 78
+#else
+#define BORDER 79
+#endif
 
 static void print_category(curlhelp_t category)
 {
@@ -91,12 +96,21 @@ static void print_category(curlhelp_t category)
     if(len > longdesc)
       longdesc = len;
   }
-  if(longopt + longdesc > 80)
+  if(longopt + longdesc >= BORDER) {
-    longopt = 80 - longdesc;
+    longdesc -= 3;
-
+    longopt = BORDER -1 - longdesc;
+  }
   for(i = 0; helptext[i].opt; ++i)
     if(helptext[i].categories & category) {
-      printf(" %-*s %s\n", (int)longopt, helptext[i].opt, helptext[i].desc);
+      int opt = (int)longopt;
+      size_t desclen = strlen(helptext[i].desc);
+      if(opt + desclen >= (BORDER -1)) {
+        if(desclen < (BORDER -1))
+          opt = (BORDER -2) - (int)desclen;
+        else
+          opt = 0;
+      }
+      printf(" %-*s  %s\n", opt, helptext[i].opt, helptext[i].desc);
     }
 }
 

src/tool_listhelp.c

@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
   {"-a, --append",
    "Append to target file when uploading",
    CURLHELP_FTP | CURLHELP_SFTP},
-  {"    --aws-sigv4 <provider1[:provider2[:region[:service]]]>",
+  {"    --aws-sigv4 <provider1[:prvdr2[:reg[:srv]]]>",
-   "Use AWS V4 signature authentication",
+   "AWS V4 signature auth",
    CURLHELP_AUTH | CURLHELP_HTTP},
   {"    --basic",
-   "Use HTTP Basic Authentication",
+   "HTTP Basic Authentication",
    CURLHELP_AUTH},
   {"    --ca-native",
-   "Use CA certificates from the native OS",
+   "Load CA certs from the OS",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --cacert <file>",
    "CA certificate to verify peer against",
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Client certificate file and password",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --cert-status",
-   "Verify the status of the server cert via OCSP-staple",
+   "Verify server cert status OCSP-staple",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --cert-type <type>",
    "Certificate type (DER/PEM/ENG/P12)",
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
   {"-K, --config <file>",
    "Read config from a file",
    CURLHELP_CURL},
-  {"    --connect-timeout <fractional seconds>",
+  {"    --connect-timeout <seconds>",
-   "Maximum time allowed for connection",
+   "Maximum time allowed to connect",
    CURLHELP_CONNECTION},
   {"    --connect-to <HOST1:PORT1:HOST2:PORT2>",
    "Connect to host",
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Resumed transfer offset",
    CURLHELP_CONNECTION},
   {"-b, --cookie <data|filename>",
-   "Send cookies from string/file",
+   "Send cookies from string/load from file",
    CURLHELP_HTTP},
   {"-c, --cookie-jar <filename>",
-   "Write cookies to <filename> after operation",
+   "Save cookies to <filename> after operation",
    CURLHELP_HTTP},
   {"    --create-dirs",
    "Create necessary local directory hierarchy",
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Convert LF to CRLF in upload",
    CURLHELP_FTP | CURLHELP_SMTP},
   {"    --crlfile <file>",
-   "Use this CRL list",
+   "Certificate Revocation list",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
-  {"    --curves <algorithm list>",
+  {"    --curves <list>",
-   "(EC) TLS key exchange algorithm(s) to request",
+   "(EC) TLS key exchange algorithms to request",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"-d, --data <data>",
    "HTTP POST data",
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "GSS-API delegation permission",
    CURLHELP_AUTH},
   {"    --digest",
-   "Use HTTP Digest Authentication",
+   "HTTP Digest Authentication",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_AUTH | CURLHELP_HTTP},
   {"-q, --disable",
    "Disable .curlrc",
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "DNS server addrs to use",
    CURLHELP_DNS},
   {"    --doh-cert-status",
-   "Verify the status of the DoH server cert via OCSP-staple",
+   "Verify DoH server cert status OCSP-staple",
    CURLHELP_DNS | CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --doh-insecure",
    "Allow insecure DoH server connections",
@@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Crypto engine to use",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --etag-compare <file>",
-   "Pass an ETag from a file as a custom header",
+   "Load ETag from file",
    CURLHELP_HTTP},
   {"    --etag-save <file>",
-   "Parse ETag from a request and save it to a file",
+   "Parse incoming ETag and save to a file",
    CURLHELP_HTTP},
   {"    --expect100-timeout <seconds>",
    "How long to wait for 100-continue",
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Fail fast with no output on HTTP errors",
    CURLHELP_IMPORTANT | CURLHELP_HTTP},
   {"    --fail-early",
-   "Fail on first transfer error, do not continue",
+   "Fail on first transfer error",
    CURLHELP_CURL},
   {"    --fail-with-body",
    "Fail on HTTP errors but save the body",
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Specify multipart MIME data",
    CURLHELP_HTTP | CURLHELP_UPLOAD},
   {"    --form-escape",
-   "Escape multipart form field/filenames using backslash",
+   "Escape form fields using backslash",
    CURLHELP_HTTP | CURLHELP_UPLOAD},
   {"    --form-string <name=string>",
    "Specify multipart MIME data",
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Control CWD usage",
    CURLHELP_FTP},
   {"    --ftp-pasv",
-   "Use PASV/EPSV instead of PORT",
+   "Send PASV/EPSV instead of PORT",
    CURLHELP_FTP},
   {"-P, --ftp-port <address>",
-   "Use PORT instead of PASV",
+   "Send PORT instead of PASV",
    CURLHELP_FTP},
   {"    --ftp-pret",
    "Send PRET before PASV",
@@ -235,19 +235,19 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Set CCC mode",
    CURLHELP_FTP | CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --ftp-ssl-control",
-   "Require SSL/TLS for FTP login, clear for transfer",
+   "Require TLS for login, clear for transfer",
    CURLHELP_FTP | CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"-G, --get",
    "Put the post data in the URL and use GET",
    CURLHELP_HTTP | CURLHELP_UPLOAD},
   {"-g, --globoff",
-   "Disable URL sequences and ranges using {} and []",
+   "Disable URL globbing with {} and []",
    CURLHELP_CURL},
-  {"    --happy-eyeballs-timeout-ms <milliseconds>",
+  {"    --happy-eyeballs-timeout-ms <ms>",
-   "Time for IPv6 before trying IPv4",
+   "Time for IPv6 before IPv4",
    CURLHELP_CONNECTION},
-  {"    --haproxy-clientip <IP address>",
+  {"    --haproxy-clientip <ip>",
-   "Sets client IP in HAProxy PROXY protocol v1 header",
+   "Set address in HAProxy PROXY",
    CURLHELP_HTTP | CURLHELP_PROXY},
   {"    --haproxy-protocol",
    "Send HAProxy PROXY protocol v1 header",
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Get help for commands",
    CURLHELP_IMPORTANT | CURLHELP_CURL},
   {"    --hostpubmd5 <md5>",
-   "Acceptable MD5 hash of the host public key",
+   "Acceptable MD5 hash of host public key",
    CURLHELP_SFTP | CURLHELP_SCP},
   {"    --hostpubsha256 <sha256>",
-   "Acceptable SHA256 hash of the host public key",
+   "Acceptable SHA256 hash of host public key",
    CURLHELP_SFTP | CURLHELP_SCP},
   {"    --hsts <filename>",
    "Enable HSTS with this cache file",
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Ignore the size of the remote resource",
    CURLHELP_HTTP | CURLHELP_FTP},
   {"-i, --include",
-   "Include protocol response headers in the output",
+   "Include response headers in output",
    CURLHELP_IMPORTANT | CURLHELP_VERBOSE},
   {"-k, --insecure",
    "Allow insecure server connections",
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Enable Kerberos with security <level>",
    CURLHELP_FTP},
   {"    --libcurl <file>",
-   "Dump libcurl equivalent code of this command line",
+   "Generate libcurl code for this command line",
    CURLHELP_CURL},
   {"    --limit-rate <speed>",
    "Limit transfer speed to RATE",
@@ -339,14 +339,14 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
   {"-l, --list-only",
    "List only mode",
    CURLHELP_FTP | CURLHELP_POP3 | CURLHELP_SFTP},
-  {"    --local-port <num/range>",
+  {"    --local-port <range>",
-   "Force use of RANGE for local port numbers",
+   "Use a local port number within RANGE",
    CURLHELP_CONNECTION},
   {"-L, --location",
    "Follow redirects",
    CURLHELP_HTTP},
   {"    --location-trusted",
-   "Like --location, and send auth to other hosts",
+   "Like --location, but send auth to other hosts",
    CURLHELP_HTTP | CURLHELP_AUTH},
   {"    --login-options <options>",
    "Server login options",
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Mail to this address",
    CURLHELP_SMTP},
   {"    --mail-rcpt-allowfails",
-   "Allow RCPT TO command to fail for some recipients",
+   "Allow RCPT TO command to fail",
    CURLHELP_SMTP},
   {"-M, --manual",
    "Display the full manual",
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
   {"    --max-redirs <num>",
    "Maximum number of redirects allowed",
    CURLHELP_HTTP},
-  {"-m, --max-time <fractional seconds>",
+  {"-m, --max-time <seconds>",
    "Maximum time allowed for transfer",
    CURLHELP_CONNECTION},
   {"    --metalink",
@@ -418,10 +418,10 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "List of hosts which do not use proxy",
    CURLHELP_PROXY},
   {"    --ntlm",
-   "Use HTTP NTLM authentication",
+   "HTTP NTLM authentication",
    CURLHELP_AUTH | CURLHELP_HTTP},
   {"    --ntlm-wb",
-   "Use HTTP NTLM authentication with winbind",
+   "HTTP NTLM authentication with winbind",
    CURLHELP_AUTH | CURLHELP_HTTP},
   {"    --oauth2-bearer <token>",
    "OAuth 2 Bearer Token",
@@ -451,13 +451,13 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "FILE/HASHES Public key to verify peer against",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --post301",
-   "Do not switch to GET after following a 301",
+   "Do not switch to GET after a 301 redirect",
    CURLHELP_HTTP | CURLHELP_POST},
   {"    --post302",
-   "Do not switch to GET after following a 302",
+   "Do not switch to GET after a 302 redirect",
    CURLHELP_HTTP | CURLHELP_POST},
   {"    --post303",
-   "Do not switch to GET after following a 303",
+   "Do not switch to GET after a 303 redirect",
    CURLHELP_HTTP | CURLHELP_POST},
   {"    --preproxy [protocol://]host[:port]",
    "Use this proxy first",
@@ -484,13 +484,13 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Use Basic authentication on the proxy",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_AUTH},
   {"    --proxy-ca-native",
-   "Use CA certificates from the native OS for proxy",
+   "Load CA certs from the OS to verify proxy",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --proxy-cacert <file>",
-   "CA certificate to verify peer against for proxy",
+   "CA certificates to verify proxy against",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --proxy-capath <dir>",
-   "CA directory to verify peer against for proxy",
+   "CA directory to verify proxy against",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --proxy-cert <cert[:passwd]>",
    "Set client certificate for proxy",
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Set a CRL list for proxy",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --proxy-digest",
-   "Use Digest authentication on the proxy",
+   "Digest auth with the proxy",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --proxy-header <header/@file>",
    "Pass custom header(s) to proxy",
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Use HTTP/2 with HTTPS proxy",
    CURLHELP_HTTP | CURLHELP_PROXY},
   {"    --proxy-insecure",
-   "Do HTTPS proxy connections without verifying the proxy",
+   "Skip HTTPS proxy cert verification",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --proxy-key <key>",
    "Private key for HTTPS proxy",
@@ -523,10 +523,10 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Private key file type for proxy",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --proxy-negotiate",
-   "Use HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication on the proxy",
+   "HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) auth with the proxy",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_AUTH},
   {"    --proxy-ntlm",
-   "Use NTLM authentication on the proxy",
+   "NTLM authentication with the proxy",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_AUTH},
   {"    --proxy-pass <phrase>",
    "Pass phrase for the private key for HTTPS proxy",
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Allow security flaw for interop for HTTPS proxy",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --proxy-ssl-auto-client-cert",
-   "Use auto client certificate for proxy (Schannel)",
+   "Auto client certificate for proxy",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --proxy-tls13-ciphers <ciphersuite list>",
    "TLS 1.3 proxy cipher suites",
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "TLS username for HTTPS proxy",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_TLS | CURLHELP_AUTH},
   {"    --proxy-tlsv1",
-   "Use TLSv1 for HTTPS proxy",
+   "TLSv1 for HTTPS proxy",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_TLS | CURLHELP_AUTH},
   {"-U, --proxy-user <user:password>",
    "Proxy user and password",
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Use HTTP/1.0 proxy on given port",
    CURLHELP_PROXY},
   {"-p, --proxytunnel",
-   "Operate through an HTTP proxy tunnel (using CONNECT)",
+   "HTTP proxy tunnel (using CONNECT)",
    CURLHELP_PROXY},
   {"    --pubkey <key>",
    "SSH Public key filename",
@@ -592,13 +592,13 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Use the header-provided filename",
    CURLHELP_OUTPUT},
   {"-O, --remote-name",
-   "Write output to a file named as the remote file",
+   "Write output to file named as remote file",
    CURLHELP_IMPORTANT | CURLHELP_OUTPUT},
   {"    --remote-name-all",
    "Use the remote filename for all URLs",
    CURLHELP_OUTPUT},
   {"-R, --remote-time",
-   "Set the remote file's time on the local output",
+   "Set remote file's time on local output",
    CURLHELP_OUTPUT},
   {"    --remove-on-error",
    "Remove output file on errors",
@@ -610,16 +610,16 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Specify the target for this request",
    CURLHELP_HTTP},
   {"    --resolve <[+]host:port:addr[,addr]...>",
-   "Resolve the host+port to this address",
+   "Resolve host+port to address",
    CURLHELP_CONNECTION | CURLHELP_DNS},
   {"    --retry <num>",
    "Retry request if transient problems occur",
    CURLHELP_CURL},
   {"    --retry-all-errors",
-   "Retry all errors (use with --retry)",
+   "Retry all errors (with --retry)",
    CURLHELP_CURL},
   {"    --retry-connrefused",
-   "Retry on connection refused (use with --retry)",
+   "Retry on connection refused (with --retry)",
    CURLHELP_CURL},
   {"    --retry-delay <seconds>",
    "Wait time between retries",
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Identity for SASL PLAIN authentication",
    CURLHELP_AUTH},
   {"    --sasl-ir",
-   "Enable initial response in SASL authentication",
+   "Initial response in SASL authentication",
    CURLHELP_AUTH},
   {"    --service-name <name>",
    "SPNEGO service name",
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "SOCKS5 proxy on given host + port",
    CURLHELP_PROXY},
   {"    --socks5-basic",
-   "Enable username/password auth for SOCKS5 proxies",
+   "Username/password auth for SOCKS5 proxies",
    CURLHELP_PROXY | CURLHELP_AUTH},
   {"    --socks5-gssapi",
    "Enable GSS-API auth for SOCKS5 proxies",
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Trigger 'speed-limit' abort after this time",
    CURLHELP_CONNECTION},
   {"    --ssl",
-   "Try SSL/TLS",
+   "Try enabling TLS",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --ssl-allow-beast",
    "Allow security flaw to improve interop",
@@ -688,13 +688,13 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Require SSL/TLS",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --ssl-revoke-best-effort",
-   "Ignore missing/offline cert CRL dist points (Schannel)",
+   "Ignore missing cert CRL dist points",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"-2, --sslv2",
-   "Use SSLv2",
+   "SSLv2",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"-3, --sslv3",
-   "Use SSLv3",
+   "SSLv3",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --stderr <file>",
    "Where to redirect stderr",
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Use TCP Fast Open",
    CURLHELP_CONNECTION},
   {"    --tcp-nodelay",
-   "Use the TCP_NODELAY option",
+   "Set TCP_NODELAY",
    CURLHELP_CONNECTION},
   {"-t, --telnet-option <opt=val>",
    "Set telnet option",
@@ -724,9 +724,9 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Transfer based on a time condition",
    CURLHELP_HTTP | CURLHELP_FTP},
   {"    --tls-max <VERSION>",
-   "Set maximum allowed TLS version",
+   "Maximum allowed TLS version",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
-  {"    --tls13-ciphers <ciphersuite list>",
+  {"    --tls13-ciphers <list>",
    "TLS 1.3 cipher suites to use",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --tlsauthtype <type>",
@@ -739,19 +739,19 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "TLS username",
    CURLHELP_TLS | CURLHELP_AUTH},
   {"-1, --tlsv1",
-   "Use TLSv1.0 or greater",
+   "TLSv1.0 or greater",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --tlsv1.0",
-   "Use TLSv1.0 or greater",
+   "TLSv1.0 or greater",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --tlsv1.1",
-   "Use TLSv1.1 or greater",
+   "TLSv1.1 or greater",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --tlsv1.2",
-   "Use TLSv1.2 or greater",
+   "TLSv1.2 or greater",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --tlsv1.3",
-   "Use TLSv1.3 or greater",
+   "TLSv1.3 or greater",
    CURLHELP_TLS},
   {"    --tr-encoding",
    "Request compressed transfer encoding",
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Details to log in trace/verbose output",
    CURLHELP_VERBOSE},
   {"    --trace-ids",
-   "Add transfer and connection identifiers to trace/verbose output",
+   "Transfer + connection ids in verbose output",
    CURLHELP_VERBOSE},
   {"    --trace-time",
    "Add time stamps to trace/verbose output",
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ const struct helptxt helptext[] = {
    "Show version number and quit",
    CURLHELP_IMPORTANT | CURLHELP_CURL},
   {"-w, --write-out <format>",
-   "Use output FORMAT after completion",
+   "Output FORMAT after completion",
    CURLHELP_VERBOSE},
   {"    --xattr",
    "Store metadata in extended file attributes",

tests/data/test1461

@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ curl important --help
 </errorcode>
 <stdout mode="text">
 Usage: curl [options...] <url>
- -d, --data <data>          HTTP POST data
+ -d, --data <data>           HTTP POST data
- -f, --fail                 Fail fast with no output on HTTP errors
+ -f, --fail                  Fail fast with no output on HTTP errors
- -h, --help <category>      Get help for commands
+ -h, --help <category>       Get help for commands
- -i, --include              Include protocol response headers in the output
+ -i, --include               Include response headers in output
- -o, --output <file>        Write to file instead of stdout
+ -o, --output <file>         Write to file instead of stdout
- -O, --remote-name          Write output to a file named as the remote file
+ -O, --remote-name           Write output to file named as remote file
- -s, --silent               Silent mode
+ -s, --silent                Silent mode
- -T, --upload-file <file>   Transfer local FILE to destination
+ -T, --upload-file <file>    Transfer local FILE to destination
- -u, --user <user:password> Server user and password
+ -u, --user <user:password>  Server user and password
- -A, --user-agent <name>    Send User-Agent <name> to server
+ -A, --user-agent <name>     Send User-Agent <name> to server
- -v, --verbose              Make the operation more talkative
+ -v, --verbose               Make the operation more talkative
- -V, --version              Show version number and quit
+ -V, --version               Show version number and quit
 
 This is not the full help, this menu is stripped into categories.
 Use "--help category" to get an overview of all categories.

tests/data/test1463

@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ curl file category --help
 <stdout mode="text">
 Usage: curl [options...] <url>
 file: FILE protocol options
-     --create-file-mode <mode> File mode for created files
+     --create-file-mode <mode>  File mode for created files
- -I, --head                    Show document info only
+ -I, --head                     Show document info only
- -r, --range <range>           Retrieve only the bytes within RANGE
+ -r, --range <range>            Retrieve only the bytes within RANGE
 </stdout>
 </verify>
 </testcase>

tests/data/test1464

@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ curl file category --help with lower/upper mix
 <stdout mode="text">
 Usage: curl [options...] <url>
 file: FILE protocol options
-     --create-file-mode <mode> File mode for created files
+     --create-file-mode <mode>  File mode for created files
- -I, --head                    Show document info only
+ -I, --head                     Show document info only
- -r, --range <range>           Retrieve only the bytes within RANGE
+ -r, --range <range>            Retrieve only the bytes within RANGE
 </stdout>
 </verify>
 </testcase>