bin/modify-package-state: make help text more verbose about the required format

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bin/modify-package-state b/bin/modify-package-state
index b67fc4d..0a394d7 100755
--- a/bin/modify-package-state
+++ b/bin/modify-package-state
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ usage() {
   >&2 echo '  -w|--wait:        Wait for lock if necessary.'
   >&2 echo ''
   >&2 echo 'Exactly one of -b|-f|-t|-u is needed for actual operation.'
+  >&2 echo 'packages-file contains one line for each target.'
+  >&2 echo 'for --faulty and --tested, the format is:'
+  >&2 echo ' sha512sum pkgname-epoch:pkgver-pkgrel.sub_pkgrel-arch[".pkg.tar.xz"]'
+  >&2 echo 'for --block and --unblock, the format is:'
+  >&2 echo ' pkgbase.git_revision.mod_git_revision.repository.architecture'
   [ -z "$1" ] && exit 1 || exit "$1"
 }