1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/CompilerCommand.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/CompilerCommand.scala
index 9b8e9fa330..24da6ba487 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/CompilerCommand.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/CompilerCommand.scala
@@ -103,15 +103,7 @@ class CompilerCommand(arguments: List[String], val settings: Settings) {
       val components = global.phaseNames  // global.phaseDescriptors // one initializes
       s"Phase graph of ${components.size} components output to ${genPhaseGraph.value}*.dot."
     }
-    // would be nicer if we could ask all the options for their helpful messages
-    else {
-      val sb = new StringBuilder
-      allSettings foreach {
-        case s: MultiChoiceSetting[_] if s.isHelping => sb append s.help
-        case _ =>
-      }
-      sb.toString
-    }
+    else allSettings.filter(_.isHelping).map(_.help).mkString("\n\n")
   }
 
   /**