From 44dd917cbaf5b0a13f146e83a292a5f4412679ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Byrne <simonbyrne@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 02:27:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Mention that the `=` part of `--project` is optional. Add to
 regular Julia docs as well. (#29731)

---
 doc/man/julia.1                   | 7 ++++---
 doc/src/manual/getting-started.md | 1 +
 src/jloptions.c                   | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/man/julia.1 b/doc/man/julia.1
index 0a5cc2aa49024..ec9435d35340c 100644
--- a/doc/man/julia.1
+++ b/doc/man/julia.1
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ Display version information
 Print help message
 
 .TP
---project=<dir>/@.
-Set <dir> as the home project/environment. The @. option will search through
-parent directories until a Project.toml or JuliaProject.toml file is found.
+--project[=<dir>/@.]
+Set <dir> as the home project/environment. The default @. option will search
+through parent directories until a Project.toml or JuliaProject.toml file is
+found.
 
 .TP
 -J, --sysimage <file>
diff --git a/doc/src/manual/getting-started.md b/doc/src/manual/getting-started.md
index 530fe446f603c..7e7ba3c05e5ea 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/getting-started.md
+++ b/doc/src/manual/getting-started.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ julia [switches] -- [programfile] [args...]
 |:---                                   |:---|
 |`-v`, `--version`                      |Display version information|
 |`-h`, `--help`                         |Print this message|
+|`--project[={<dir>|@.}]`               |Set <dir> as the home project/environment. The default @. option will search through parent directories until a Project.toml or JuliaProject.toml file is found.
 |`-J`, `--sysimage <file>`              |Start up with the given system image file|
 |`-H`, `--home <dir>`                   |Set location of `julia` executable|
 |`--startup-file={yes\|no}`             |Load `~/.julia/config/startup.jl`|
diff --git a/src/jloptions.c b/src/jloptions.c
index 6140bbd5e22a3..42fdafb9d0dcd 100644
--- a/src/jloptions.c
+++ b/src/jloptions.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static const char opts[]  =
     " -h, --help                Print this message\n\n"
 
     // startup options
-    " --project=<dir>/@.        Set <dir> as the home project/environment\n"
+    " --project[={<dir>|@.}]    Set <dir> as the home project/environment\n"
     " -J, --sysimage <file>     Start up with the given system image file\n"
     " -H, --home <dir>          Set location of `julia` executable\n"
     " --startup-file={yes|no}   Load `~/.julia/config/startup.jl`\n"