#10454: a few edits to compileall help messages
diff --git a/Lib/compileall.py b/Lib/compileall.py
index 743be27..d3cff6a 100644
--- a/Lib/compileall.py
+++ b/Lib/compileall.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
Arguments (all optional):
- skip_curdir: if true, skip current directory (default true)
+ skip_curdir: if true, skip current directory (default True)
maxlevels: max recursion level (default 0)
force: as for compile_dir() (default False)
quiet: as for compile_dir() (default False)
@@ -177,17 +177,17 @@
help='use legacy (pre-PEP3147) compiled file locations')
parser.add_argument('-d', metavar='DESTDIR', dest='ddir', default=None,
help=('directory to prepend to file paths for use in '
- 'compile time tracebacks and in runtime '
+ 'compile-time tracebacks and in runtime '
'tracebacks in cases where the source file is '
'unavailable'))
parser.add_argument('-x', metavar='REGEXP', dest='rx', default=None,
- help=('skip files matching the regular expression. '
- 'The regexp is searched for in the full path '
- 'to each file considered for compilation.'))
+ help=('skip files matching the regular expression; '
+ 'the regexp is searched for in the full path '
+ 'of each file considered for compilation'))
parser.add_argument('-i', metavar='FILE', dest='flist',
help=('add all the files and directories listed in '
- 'FILE to the list considered for compilation. '
- 'If "-", names are read from stdin.'))
+ 'FILE to the list considered for compilation; '
+ 'if "-", names are read from stdin'))
parser.add_argument('compile_dest', metavar='FILE|DIR', nargs='*',
help=('zero or more file and directory names '
'to compile; if no arguments given, defaults '