pg_ctl initdb takes options, but pg_ctl --help doesn't document them?

On 8/15/13 2:58 PM, Jon Nelson wrote:

Taking a look at PostgreSQL HEAD today, I noticed that pg_ctl
documents that pg_ctl initdb takes OPTIONS but doesn't document them
(unlike for start and others).

Is this intentional?

The man page tells you that those are the options for regular initdb. I
don't think we should replicate the initdb --help output in pg_ctl.
Perhaps it can be made a bit clearer without any duplication.

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