X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=notmuch.c;h=d44ce9a0da18fced2dd36a474f51d496b85013cf;hp=394371d943505ec06db9946861bd4f09dedc9b74;hb=d399b6b909fe6e2c6073464006061382c8bb31d5;hpb=796b629c3b821986c1f8d9a9e6f952a1df1034f0

diff --git a/notmuch.c b/notmuch.c
index 394371d9..d44ce9a0 100644
--- a/notmuch.c
+++ b/notmuch.c
@@ -328,12 +328,24 @@ static command_t commands[] = {
       "\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
       "\tterms syntax." },
     { "count", notmuch_count_command,
-      "<search-terms> [...]",
+      "[options...] <search-terms> [...]",
       "Count messages matching the search terms.",
-      "\tThe number of matching messages is output to stdout.\n"
+      "\tThe number of matching messages (or threads) is output to stdout.\n"
+      "\n"
+      "\tWith no search terms, a count of all messages (or threads) in\n"
+      "\tthe database will be displayed.\n"
+      "\n"
+      "\tSupported options for count include:\n"
+      "\n"
+      "\t--output=(messages|threads)\n"
+      "\n"
+      "\t\tmessages (default)\n"
+      "\n"
+      "\t\tOutput the number of matching messages.\n"
+      "\n"
+      "\t\tthreads\n"
       "\n"
-      "\tWith no search terms, a count of all messages in the database\n"
-      "\twill be displayed.\n"
+      "\t\tOutput the number of matching threads.\n"
       "\n"
       "\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
       "\tterms syntax." },
@@ -609,7 +621,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	return notmuch (local);
 
     if (STRNCMP_LITERAL (argv[1], "--help") == 0)
-	return notmuch_help_command (NULL, 0, NULL);
+	return notmuch_help_command (NULL, argc - 1, &argv[1]);
 
     if (STRNCMP_LITERAL (argv[1], "--version") == 0) {
 	printf ("notmuch " STRINGIFY(NOTMUCH_VERSION) "\n");