Summary and Info:

Well, this is quite easy to explain:

$ LANG=C pacman -h
usage: pacman <operation> [...]
operations:
pacman {-h --help}
pacman {-V --version}
pacman {-D --database} <options> <package(s)>
pacman {-Q --query} [options] [package(s)]
pacman {-R --remove} [options] <package(s)>
pacman {-S --sync} [options] [package(s)]
pacman {-U --upgrade} [options] <file(s)>

use 'pacman {-h --help}' with an operation for available options


You see, sometimes it's <package(s)> or <file(s)>, and sometimes it's [package(s)] or [file(s)]. The same goes for few other similar messages.

Well, it think I might not be the only one who finds this unnecessarily ugly, though it seems rather easy to fix.

Of course this is by all means not a showstopper, but I think it should be fixed eventually if you find some time (or see it fit in the first place).


Steps to Reproduce:

Use the -h flag for pacman, and see the ouput.