--- lessecho.nro
+++ lessecho.nro
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .I lessecho
 is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard output.
-But any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes.
+But any argument containing  metacharacters  specified  by options
+below is quoted.
 .SH OPTIONS
 A summary of options is included below.
 .TP