Document that pip show is machine readable

2018-06-19 13:05:19 -05:00 · 2018-06-19 13:05:19 -05:00 · 176fa8dd25
parent cbc21a5957
commit 176fa8dd25
1 changed files with 5 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/src/pip/_internal/commands/show.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/commands/show.py
@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


 class ShowCommand(Command):
-    """Show information about one or more installed packages."""
+    """
+    Show information about one or more installed packages.
+
+    The output is in RFC-compliant mail header format.
+    """
    name = 'show'
    usage = """
      %prog [options] <package> ..."""