stdin into individual RCS master files in RCS subdirectories of the
corresponding directory structure.</para>
-<para>It is recommended that you run this in an empty directory, as the
-checkout of the RCS files may step on files that exist in the current
-directory.</para>
-
<para>Normally, committer and author data are written into each comment as
RFC-822 mail headers, followed by a blank line. The -p option suppresses
this, producing a plain RCS comment.</para>
-<para>With the -v option, emit a twirling-baton prompt during stream read, and
-more progress messages during RCS writes.</para>
+<para>With the -v option, emit a twirling-baton prompt during stream read and
+do not suppress progess messages from the RCS tools.</para>
<para>With the -l option, check out and lock all resulting files at their latest
-revisions; with the -u option, check out but do not lock.</para>
+revisions; with the -u option, check out but do not lock. With neither
+option, the RCS subdirectories and masters are created but no working
+copies checked out.</para>
<para>The -V option displays the program version number and exits. -? displays
this help and exits.</para>