From 081c06153872f4bfc1d782a2bd2919bc0d999d80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:52:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify prefix usage

---
 kittens/diff/main.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kittens/diff/main.py b/kittens/diff/main.py
index 99b054018..2f18cddb0 100644
--- a/kittens/diff/main.py
+++ b/kittens/diff/main.py
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ agr('colors', 'Colors')
 
 opt('color_scheme', 'auto', choices=('auto', 'light', 'dark'), long_text='''
 Whether to use the light or dark colors. The default of :code:`auto` means
-to follow the parent terminal color scheme.
+to follow the parent terminal color scheme. Note that the actual colors used
+for dark schemes are set by the :code:`dark_*` settings below and the non-prefixed
+settings are used for light colors.
 ''')
 
 opt('pygments_style', 'default', long_text='''