From 1876c8efa423b5be3d0bc17c662e00243b7425b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hilary James Oliver <hilary.j.oliver@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 16:38:32 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] Update 'show' command help.

---
 cylc/flow/scripts/show.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cylc/flow/scripts/show.py b/cylc/flow/scripts/show.py
index 97653f96942..bb32c4a2098 100755
--- a/cylc/flow/scripts/show.py
+++ b/cylc/flow/scripts/show.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 """cylc show [OPTIONS] ARGS
 
-Display workflow and task information.
+Display workflow and task information, for tasks in the datastore window.
 
 Query a running workflow for:
   # view workflow metadata
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
   # view prerequisites & outputs for a live task
   $ cylc show my_workflow//1/my_task
 
-Prerequisite and output status is indicated for current active tasks.
+Output completion status is shown for all tasks in the datastore window.
+
+Prerequisite satisfication is shown for tasks that haven't triggered yet.
 """
 
 import json