1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 4bdf5bf4..24851c3b 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -1402,6 +1402,9 @@ fn flag_quiet(args: &mut Vec<RGArg>) {
 Do not print anything to stdout. If a match is found in a file, then ripgrep
 will stop searching. This is useful when ripgrep is used only for its exit
 code (which will be an error if no matches are found).
+
+When --files is used, then ripgrep will stop finding files after finding the
+first file that matches all ignore rules.
 ");
     let arg = RGArg::switch("quiet").short("q")
         .help(SHORT).long_help(LONG);