Clarify the meaning of the two symbol counts that Gold outputs for

--print-symbol-counts.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 154843561

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppOptions.java
index a4e2401e94..a1adac5aab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CppOptions.java
@@ -651,8 +651,8 @@ public class CppOptions extends FragmentOptions {
     defaultValue = "false",
     category = "flags",
     help =
-        "If enabled, every C++ binary linked with gold will store the number of used "
-            + "symbols per object file in a .sc file."
+        "If enabled, for every C++ binary linked with gold, the number of defined symbols "
+            + "and the number of used symbols per input file is stored in a .sc file."
   )
   public boolean symbolCounts;