1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/urpmi.update b/urpmi.update
index 0342d96f..34151028 100755
--- a/urpmi.update
+++ b/urpmi.update
@@ -27,17 +27,18 @@ import urpm _;
 sub main {
     my (@toupdates, %options);
 
+    $options{force} = 0;
     $options{noclean} = 1;
     foreach (@_) {
 	/^--?a/ and $options{all} = 1, next;
 	/^--?c/ and $options{noclean} = 0, next;
-	/^--?f/ and $options{force} = 1, next;
+	/^--?f/ and ++$options{force}, next;
 	/^--?noa/ and next; #- default, keeped for compability.
 	/^-/ and die _("usage: urpmi.update [-a] <name> ...
 where <name> is a medium name to update.
    -a    select all non-removable media.
    -c    clean headers cache directory.
-   -f    force generation of hdlist or base files.
+   -f    force generation of base files, use another -f for hdlist files.
 \nunknown options '%s'\n", $_);
 	push @toupdates, $_;
     }