From 13373c37cf766cd17dc7553adb1f82cb94a4b772 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dustin Ingram <di@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 13:27:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Generalize help text for compile/no-compile flags

---
 news/4316.bugfix        | 1 +
 pip/commands/install.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 news/4316.bugfix

diff --git a/news/4316.bugfix b/news/4316.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fec2ac48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/4316.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Generalize help text for ``compile``/``no-compile` flags.
diff --git a/pip/commands/install.py b/pip/commands/install.py
index 1af43a1b6..a49dfa786 100644
--- a/pip/commands/install.py
+++ b/pip/commands/install.py
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ class InstallCommand(RequirementCommand):
             action="store_true",
             dest="compile",
             default=True,
-            help="Compile py files to pyc",
+            help="Compile Python source files to bytecode",
         )
 
         cmd_opts.add_option(
             "--no-compile",
             action="store_false",
             dest="compile",
-            help="Do not compile py files to pyc",
+            help="Do not compile Python source files to bytecode",
         )
 
         cmd_opts.add_option(cmdoptions.no_binary())