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@@ -141,16 +141,16 @@ Zsh is currently maintained by the members of the zsh-workers mailing list
and coordinated by Peter Stephenson <coordinator@zsh.org>. Please send
any feedback and bugs reports to <zsh-workers@sunsite.dk>.
-There is a script "reporter" in the subdirectory Util which will print
-out your current shell environment/setup. If you report a bug, please
-use this script and include the output from sourcing this file. This way,
-the problem you are reporting can be recreated.
-
-You can help even more if you can reproduce the bug starting zsh with
+Reports are most helpful if you can reproduce the bug starting zsh with
the -f option. This skips the execution of local startup files except
/etc/zshenv. If a bug occurs only when some options set try to locate
the option which triggers the bug.
+There is a script "reporter" in the subdirectory Util which will print out
+your current shell environment/setup. If you cannot reproduce the bug
+with "zsh -f", use this script and include the output from sourcing this
+file. This way, the problem you are reporting can be recreated.
+
The known bugs in zsh are listed in the file Etc/BUGS. Check this as
well as the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list before sending a bug
report. Note that zsh has some features which are not compatible with