--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Sat Jun 04 20:19:30 2011 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Jun 06 17:38:32 2011 -0500
@@ -4086,7 +4086,7 @@
     ] + walkopts + dryrunopts,
     _('[OPTION]... [-r REV] [NAME]...'))
 def revert(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
-    """restore individual files or directories to an earlier state
+    """restore files to their checkout state
 
     .. note::
        This command is most likely not what you are looking for.