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diff --git a/src/abslibre-tools/libredbdiff b/src/abslibre-tools/libredbdiff
index 5ec3547..1903c8c 100755
--- a/src/abslibre-tools/libredbdiff
+++ b/src/abslibre-tools/libredbdiff
@@ -141,10 +141,11 @@ usage() {
repository name can be specified as argument to compare only
packages in that repository."
echo
- prose "The default mode of operation is to download/update all necessary
- files for comparison, but not compare them. Specify the \`-n\`
- flag to not download anything, but to compare already downloaded
- files."
+ prose "The default mode of operation requires root, and downloads or
+ updates all necessary files for comparison, but does not compare
+ them. After that mode has been run, run the tool again without
+ root with the the \`-n\` flag to not download anything, but to
+ compare the already downloaded files."
echo
prose "In the compare mode (if the \`-n\` flag is given), by default it
will iterate over each of the configured repositories, prefixing