Fair point.
I'll clarify like:
commit 70dc90c579adc972644c9047543ff1dc611b89cc (HEAD -> master)
Author: Pádraig Brady <p...@draigbrady.com>
Date: Tue Jan 17 21:31:31 2023 +0000
doc: csplit: more accurate --elide-empty-files help
* src/csplit.c (usage): Use "suppress" rather than "remove"
when describing -z so it's more apparent that the effect
is a particular numbered file is not created, rather than
being removed later. I.e., don't suggest -z may induce
gaps in file numbering.
diff --git a/src/csplit.c b/src/csplit.c
index da4b36a7c..9a31697b6 100644
--- a/src/csplit.c
+++ b/src/csplit.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ Read standard input if FILE is -\n\
fputs (_("\
-n, --digits=DIGITS use specified number of digits instead of 2\n\
-s, --quiet, --silent do not print counts of output file sizes\n\
- -z, --elide-empty-files remove empty output files\n\
+ -z, --elide-empty-files suppress empty output files\n\
"), stdout);
fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
