(Colors): Note that --color is intended for overriding the terminal defaults,

not for normal invocation.

man/ChangeLog

 2006-12-08  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
+	* cmdargs.texi (Colors): Note that --color is intended for overriding
+	the terminal defaults, not for normal invocation.
+
 	* misc.texi (Emacs Server): Improve wording.  Don't mention the
 	``server program''.  Add a cross-reference to "Init File" node.
 	(Invoking emacsclient): Add index entries.  Document both short and

man/cmdargs.texi

@@ -951,8 +951,12 @@ Reverse video---swap the foreground and background colors.
 @item --color=@var{mode}
 @opindex --color
 @cindex standard colors on a character terminal
-For a character terminal only, specify the mode of color support.  The
-parameter @var{mode} can be one of the following:
+@cindex override character terminal color support
+For a character terminal only, specify the mode of color support.
+This option is intended for overriding the number of supported colors
+that the character terminal advertises in its @code{termcap} or
+@code{terminfo} database.  The parameter @var{mode} can be one of the
+following:
 @table @samp
 @item never
 @itemx no