Merge pull request #11560 from froli-code/10265-updated-documentation…

…-install-options Fixes #10265
pypa · Nov 11, 2022 · 72a5b08 · 72a5b08
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diff --git a/news/10265.bugfix.rst b/news/10265.bugfix.rst
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+Fixed the description of the option "--install-options" in the documentation
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py b/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
@@ -825,11 +825,9 @@ def _handle_config_settings(
     dest="install_options",
     action="append",
     metavar="options",
-    help="Extra arguments to be supplied to the setup.py install "
-    'command (use like --install-option="--install-scripts=/usr/local/'
-    'bin"). Use multiple --install-option options to pass multiple '
-    "options to setup.py install. If you are using an option with a "
-    "directory path, be sure to use absolute path.",
+    help="This option is deprecated. Using this option with location-changing "
+    "options may cause unexpected behavior. "
+    "Use pip-level options like --user, --prefix, --root, and --target.",
 )
 
 build_options: Callable[..., Option] = partial(