bup-restore.md: improve --quiet doc

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diff --git a/Documentation/bup-restore.md b/Documentation/bup-restore.md
index 9f33133f9cb9e5cac441af079b896cbaa7c5f394..700f3d467dd0bb365b911bc460da51401531ab71 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/bup-restore.md
+++ b/Documentation/bup-restore.md
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ See the EXAMPLES section for a demonstration.
 :   read --exclude-rx patterns from *filename*, one pattern per-line
     (may be repeated).  Ignore completely empty lines.
 
+\--sparse
+:   write output data sparsely when reasonable.  Currently, reasonable
+    just means "at least whenever there are 512 or more consecutive
+    zeroes".
+
 \--map-user *old*=*new*
 :   for every path, restore the *old* (saved) user name as *new*.
     Specifying "" for *new* will clear the user.  For example
@@ -155,9 +160,9 @@ See the EXAMPLES section for a demonstration.
     file and directory.
 
 -q, \--quiet
-:   don't show the progress meter.  Normally, is stderr is
-    a tty, a progress display is printed that shows the
-    total number of files restored.
+:   suppress output, including the progress meter.  Normally, if
+    stderr is a tty, a progress meter displays the total number of
+    files restored.
 
 # EXAMPLES