Merge pull request #12286 from notatallshaw/clarify---prefer-binary

Clarify --prefer-binary in cli help and docs
pypa · Sep 21, 2023 · 4b0e7e5 · 4b0e7e5
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diff --git a/news/12122.doc.rst b/news/12122.doc.rst
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+Clarify --prefer-binary in CLI and docs
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py b/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
@@ -670,7 +670,10 @@ def prefer_binary() -> Option:
         dest="prefer_binary",
         action="store_true",
         default=False,
-        help="Prefer older binary packages over newer source packages.",
+        help=(
+            "Prefer binary packages over source packages, even if the "
+            "source packages are newer."
+        ),
     )