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diff --git a/coreutils/length.c b/coreutils/length.c
index 4cbe7e17b..c7df21611 100644
--- a/coreutils/length.c
+++ b/coreutils/length.c
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
extern int length_main(int argc, char **argv)
{
if (argc != 2 || **(argv + 1) == '-') {
- usage("length string\n");
+ usage("length STRING\n"
+#ifndef BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
+ "\nPrints out the length of the specified STRING.\n"
+#endif
+ );
}
printf("%lu\n", (long)strlen(argv[1]));
return (TRUE);