doc: clarify --ignore-file flag

Fixes #684 

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 16356d70..327e9bb3 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -1000,12 +1000,12 @@ This flag overrides -s/--case-sensitive and -S/--smart-case.
 fn flag_ignore_file(args: &mut Vec<RGArg>) {
     const SHORT: &str = "Specify additional ignore files.";
     const LONG: &str = long!("\
-Specify one or more files which contain ignore patterns. These patterns are
-applied after the patterns found in .gitignore and .ignore are applied. Ignore
-patterns should be in the gitignore format and are matched relative to the
-current working directory. Multiple additional ignore files can be specified
-by using the --ignore-file flag several times. When specifying multiple ignore
-files, earlier files have lower precedence than later files.
+Specifies a path to one or more .gitignore format rules files. These patterns
+are applied after the patterns found in .gitignore and .ignore are applied 
+and are matched relative to the current working directory. Multiple additional 
+ignore files can be specified by using the --ignore-file flag several times. 
+When specifying multiple ignore files, earlier files have lower precedence 
+than later files.
 
 If you are looking for a way to include or exclude files and directories
 directly on the command line, then used -g instead.