bash-arrays: reword the sentence about what `--` does

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/public/bash-arrays.md b/public/bash-arrays.md
index 92201e2..a52be39 100644
--- a/public/bash-arrays.md
+++ b/public/bash-arrays.md
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ Now, for an explanation of setting the arguments array.  You cannot
 set argument <var>n</var>=0.  The `set` command is used to manipulate
 the arguments passed to Bash after the fact—similarly, you could use
 `set -x` to make Bash behave like you ran it as `bash -x`; like most
-GNU programs, the `--` tells it to not parse any of the options
-specially. The `shift` command shifts each entry <var>n</var> spots to
-the left, using <var>n</var>=1 if no value is specified; and leaving
+GNU programs, the `--` tells it to not parse any of the options as
+flags. The `shift` command shifts each entry <var>n</var> spots to the
+left, using <var>n</var>=1 if no value is specified; and leaving
 argument 0 alone.