Update documentation

whois(1) options listing has been updated in whois --help output as
well as in manual page.

Rerefence to RIPE WHOIS database query syntax has been updated.

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/whois.c b/whois.c
index 518349e..0061727 100644
--- a/whois.c
+++ b/whois.c
@@ -1185,32 +1185,37 @@ void usage(void)
 {
     fprintf(stderr, _(
 "Usage: whois [OPTION]... OBJECT...\n\n"
-"-l                     one level less specific lookup [RPSL only]\n"
-"-L                     find all Less specific matches\n"
-"-m                     find first level more specific matches\n"
-"-M                     find all More specific matches\n"
+"-h HOST, --host HOST   connect to server HOST\n"
+"-p PORT, --port PORT   connect to PORT\n"
+"-H                     hide legal disclaimers\n"
+"      --verbose        explain what is being done\n"
+"      --help           display this help and exit\n"
+"      --version        output version information and exit\n"
+"\n"
+"These flags are supported by whois.ripe.net and some RIPE-like servers:\n"
+"-l                     find the one level less specific match\n"
+"-L                     find all levels less specific matches\n"
+"-m                     find all one level more specific matches\n"
+"-M                     find all levels of more specific matches\n"
 "-c                     find the smallest match containing a mnt-irt attribute\n"
-"-x                     exact match [RPSL only]\n"
-"-d                     return DNS reverse delegation objects too [RPSL only]\n"
-"-i ATTR[,ATTR]...      do an inverse lookup for specified ATTRibutes\n"
+"-x                     exact match\n"
+"-b                     return brief IP address ranges with abuse contact\n"
+"-B                     turn off object filtering (show email addresses)\n"
+"-G                     turn off grouping of associated objects\n"
+"-d                     return DNS reverse delegation objects too\n"
+"-i ATTR[,ATTR]...      do an inverse look-up for specified ATTRibutes\n"
 "-T TYPE[,TYPE]...      only look for objects of TYPE\n"
-"-K                     only primary keys are returned [RPSL only]\n"
-"-r                     turn off recursive lookups for contact information\n"
+"-K                     only primary keys are returned\n"
+"-r                     turn off recursive look-ups for contact information\n"
 "-R                     force to show local copy of the domain object even\n"
 "                       if it contains referral\n"
-"-a                     search all databases\n"
-"-s SOURCE[,SOURCE]...  search the database from SOURCE\n"
+"-a                     also search all the mirrored databases\n"
+"-s SOURCE[,SOURCE]...  search the database mirrored from SOURCE\n"
 "-g SOURCE:FIRST-LAST   find updates from SOURCE from serial FIRST to LAST\n"
 "-t TYPE                request template for object of TYPE\n"
 "-v TYPE                request verbose template for object of TYPE\n"
-"-q [version|sources|types]  query specified server info [RPSL only]\n"
+"-q [version|sources|types]  query specified server info\n"
 "-F                     fast raw output (implies -r)\n"
-"-h HOST                connect to server HOST\n"
-"-p PORT                connect to PORT\n"
-"-H                     hide legal disclaimers\n"
-"      --verbose        explain what is being done\n"
-"      --help           display this help and exit\n"
-"      --version        output version information and exit\n"
 ));
     exit(0);
 }