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@@ -86,15 +86,15 @@ debuginfod servers.
Activate ELF/DWARF file scanning. The default is off.
.TP
-.B "\-Z EXT=CMD"
+.B "\-Z EXT" "\-Z EXT=CMD"
Activate an additional pattern in archive scanning. Files with name
-extension EXT (include the dot) will be processed with CMD. CMD is
-invoked with the file name added to its argument list. CMD should
-produce the archive on its standard output. Since debuginfod
-internally uses \fBlibarchive\fP to process CMD's result, it can
-accept a wide range of archive formats and compression modes.
-Therefore, making CMD simply \fBcat\fP may very well work, try it!
-The default is no additional patterns. This option may be repeated.
+extension EXT (include the dot) will be processed. If CMD is given,
+it is invoked with the file name added to its argument list, and
+should produce a common archive on its standard output. Otherwise,
+the file is read as if CMD were "cat". Since debuginfod internally
+uses \fBlibarchive\fP to read archive files, it can accept a wide
+range of archive formats and compression modes. The default is no
+additional patterns. This option may be repeated.
.TP
.B "\-R"