From adffa45264b0079a79aded048fff35f7b2c3ede6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Adam J. Stewart" <ajstewart426@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 00:09:00 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Reference `spack help --spec` in `spack spec --help`

---
 lib/spack/spack/cmd/spec.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/spec.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/spec.py
index 12ebd082965..85fe5a1a9e9 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/spec.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/spec.py
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 
 
 def setup_parser(subparser):
+    subparser.epilog = """\
+for further documentation regarding the spec syntax, see:
+    spack help --spec
+"""
     arguments.add_common_arguments(
         subparser, ['long', 'very_long', 'install_status'])
     subparser.add_argument(