X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=notmuch.c;h=dcfda32123fbb7c457d9b55cfc107eea4e838153;hp=8650951533e22cd2aa31807111f3ecffba0c4eb6;hb=3846c1d12c2445bc2a4d118682eb335ee90dd92e;hpb=b15a03fafc2e313264519f030e45ea203af508e2

diff --git a/notmuch.c b/notmuch.c
index 86509515..dcfda321 100644
--- a/notmuch.c
+++ b/notmuch.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ static const char search_terms_help[] =
     "\tthe given terms/phrases in the body, the subject, or any of\n"
     "\tthe sender or recipient headers.\n"
     "\n"
+    "\tAs a special case, a search string consisting of exactly a\n"
+    "\tsingle asterisk (\"*\") will match all messages.\n"
+    "\n"
     "\tIn addition to free text, the following prefixes can be used\n"
     "\tto force terms to match against specific portions of an email,\n"
     "\t(where <brackets> indicate user-supplied values):\n"
@@ -216,16 +219,11 @@ command_t commands[] = {
       "Count messages matching the search terms.",
       "\tThe number of matching messages is output to stdout.\n"
       "\n"
-      "\tA common use of \"notmuch count\" is to display the count\n"
-      "\tof messages matching both a specific tag and either inbox\n"
-      "\tor unread\n"
-      "\n"
-      "\tIf no parameters are given, or the special search terms '' or\n"
-      "\t'*' are given, it will display the total number of messages in\n"
-      "\tthe database.\n"
+      "\tWith no search terms, a count of all messages in the database\n"
+      "\twill be displayed.\n"
       "\n"
       "\tSee \"notmuch help search-terms\" for details of the search\n"
-      "\t\tterms syntax." },
+      "\tterms syntax." },
     { "reply", notmuch_reply_command,
       "[options...] <search-terms> [...]",
       "Construct a reply template for a set of messages.",