09696c13b5115e7e36104c0f94ab0cbe5e099b5d
kent
  Tue Jan 12 11:11:57 2021 -0800
Improving usage message upon code review advice.

diff --git src/hg/utils/gencodeGeneSymVerTx/gencodeGeneSymVerTx.c src/hg/utils/gencodeGeneSymVerTx/gencodeGeneSymVerTx.c
index 031f29a..3d799b6 100644
--- src/hg/utils/gencodeGeneSymVerTx/gencodeGeneSymVerTx.c
+++ src/hg/utils/gencodeGeneSymVerTx/gencodeGeneSymVerTx.c
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 /* gencodeGeneSymVerTx - Create a tab separated file with gene ID/symbol/best transcript mapping for many 
  * version of gencode.. */
 #include "common.h"
 #include "linefile.h"
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "options.h"
 #include "fieldedTable.h"
 #include "genePred.h"
 
 void usage()
 /* Explain usage and exit. */
 {
 errAbort(
   "gencodeGeneSymVerTx - Create a tab separated file with gene ID/symbol/best transcript mapping \n"
-  "for many version of gencode.\n"
+  "for many version of gencode.  Internal to UCSC - depends on local directory structures.\n"
   "        /hive/data/genomes/hg*/bed/gencodeV17/data/gencode.tsv\n"
-  "containing exactly the files we need for input.\n"
+  "Needs to contain exactly the files we need for input.\n"
   "usage:\n"
   "   gencodeGeneSymVerTx input.list\toutput.tsv\n"
   "where input.lst is files to be run on.  The file names are parsed and should be\n"
   "of the form:\n"
   "        /hive/data/genomes/hg*/bed/gencodeV17/data/gencode.tsv\n"
   "and there needs to be a gencode.gp in same dir\n"
   "options:\n"
   "   -xxx=XXX\n"
   );
 }
 
 /* Command line validation table. */
 static struct optionSpec options[] = {
    {NULL, 0},
 };