1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index e22846d3b7..659a4c28b2 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ typedef enum parse_opt_result parse_opt_ll_cb(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
  *   token to explain the kind of argument this option wants. Does not
  *   begin in capital letter, and does not end with a full stop.
  *   Should be wrapped by N_() for translation.
+ *   Is automatically enclosed in brackets when printed, unless it
+ *   contains any of the following characters: ()<>[]|
+ *   E.g. "name" is shown as "<name>" to indicate that a name value
+ *   needs to be supplied, not the literal string "name", but
+ *   "<start>,<end>" and "(this|that)" are printed verbatim.
  *
  * `help`::
  *   the short help associated to what the option does.
@@ -225,6 +230,16 @@ NORETURN void usage_msg_opt(const char *msg,
 			    const char * const *usagestr,
 			    const struct option *options);
 
+/**
+ * usage_msg_optf() is like usage_msg_opt() except that the first
+ * argument is a format string, and optional format arguments follow
+ * after the 3rd option.
+ */
+__attribute__((format (printf,1,4)))
+void NORETURN usage_msg_optf(const char *fmt,
+			     const char * const *usagestr,
+			     const struct option *options, ...);
+
 /*
  * Use these assertions for callbacks that expect to be called with NONEG and
  * NOARG respectively, and do not otherwise handle the "unset" and "arg"