--- subversion-1.1.1/subversion/clients/cmdline/main.c~	2004-09-09 17:19:58.000000000 -0500
+++ subversion-1.1.1/subversion/clients/cmdline/main.c	2004-12-27 13:13:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -319,8 +319,29 @@
        "usage: import [PATH] URL\n"
        "\n"
        "  Recursively commit a copy of PATH to URL.\n"
-       "  If PATH is omitted '.' is assumed.  Parent directories are created\n"
-       "  as necessary in the repository.\n"),
+       "\n"
+       "If PATH is not a directory, it is added to the repository at URL.  If "
+       "URL is a\n"
+       "directory, the basename of PATH is added to it.  If URL does not "
+       "exist, the\n"
+       "basename of PATH is added to the repository with the name URL (any "
+       "parent\n"
+       "directories in the repository must already exist).\n"
+       "\n"
+       "If PATH is a directory, it is recursed into and added to the "
+       "repository at URL.\n"
+       "The basename of PATH itself is not added.  If URL already exists, it "
+       "must be a\n"
+       "directory.  Directory structure within PATH is created as necessary "
+       "in the repository.\n"
+       "\n"
+       "If PATH is omitted, '.' is assumed.\n"
+       "\n"
+       "  Examples:\n"
+       "    svn import foo.c http://www.example.com/repo/project/\n"
+       "    svn import foo.c http://www.example.com/repo/project/bar.c\n"
+       "    svn import ../projects/foo/ http://www.example.com/repo/project/\n"
+       "    svn import http://www.example.com/repo/project/\n"),
     {'m', 'F', 'q', 'N', SVN_CL__AUTH_OPTIONS, svn_cl__force_log_opt,
      svn_cl__editor_cmd_opt, svn_cl__encoding_opt, svn_cl__config_dir_opt,
      svn_cl__autoprops_opt, svn_cl__no_autoprops_opt} },

