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@@ -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