Improve help for --runxfail flag (#5188)

nicoddemus · web-flow · commit f17b734989f0 · 2019-05-01T11:00:31.000-03:00
Improve help for --runxfail flag
diff --git a/changelog/5188.doc.rst b/changelog/5188.doc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improve help for ``--runxfail`` flag.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/skipping.py b/src/_pytest/skipping.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
         action="store_true",
         dest="runxfail",
         default=False,
-        help="run tests even if they are marked xfail",
+        help="report the results of xfail tests as if they were not marked",
     )
 
     parser.addini(

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):`
`17`	`17`	`action="store_true",`
`18`	`18`	`dest="runxfail",`
`19`	`19`	`default=False,`
`20`		`- help="run tests even if they are marked xfail",`
	`20`	`+ help="report the results of xfail tests as if they were not marked",`
`21`	`21`	`)`
`22`	`22`
`23`	`23`	`parser.addini(`