@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ int cmd_ls_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *cmd_prefix)
struct option builtin_ls_files_options[] = {
/* Think twice before adding "--nul" synonym to this */
OPT_SET_INT('z', NULL, &line_terminator,
- N_("paths are separated with NUL character"), '\0'),
+ N_("separate paths with the NUL character"), '\0'),
OPT_BOOL('t', NULL, &show_tag,
N_("identify the file status with tags")),
OPT_BOOL('v', NULL, &show_valid_bit,
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ int cmd_ls_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *cmd_prefix)
N_("skip files matching pattern"),
PARSE_OPT_NONEG, option_parse_exclude),
OPT_CALLBACK_F('X', "exclude-from", &dir, N_("file"),
- N_("exclude patterns are read from <file>"),
+ N_("read exclude patterns from <file>"),
PARSE_OPT_NONEG, option_parse_exclude_from),
OPT_STRING(0, "exclude-per-directory", &dir.exclude_per_dir, N_("file"),
N_("read additional per-directory exclude patterns in <file>")),