man: clarify folder: prefix regarding duplicate files

[notmuch] / man / man7 / notmuch-search-terms.7

diff --git a/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7 b/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7
index 314efa89ed00d9d8e5da01b2aafdbafc693d73bb..b5eb19590ad6cb4fa07a64cf244c71bb1f334c95 100644 (file)
--- a/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7
+++ b/man/man7/notmuch-search-terms.7
@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ thread ID values can be seen in the first column of output from
 The
 .B folder:
 prefix can be used to search for email message files that are
-contained within particular directories within the mail store. Only
-the directory components below the top-level mail database path are
-available to be searched.
+contained within particular directories within the mail store. If the
+same email message has multiple message files associated with it, it's
+sufficient for a match that at least one of the files is contained
+within a matching directory. Only the directory components below the
+top-level mail database path are available to be searched.
 
 The
 .B date: