Merge pull request #12286 from notatallshaw/clarify---prefer-binary

Clarify --prefer-binary in cli help and docs

Author: pfmoore

news/12122.doc.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Clarify --prefer-binary in CLI and docs

src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py

@@ -670,7 +670,10 @@ def prefer_binary() -> Option:
         dest="prefer_binary",
         action="store_true",
         default=False,
-        help="Prefer older binary packages over newer source packages.",
+        help=(
+            "Prefer binary packages over source packages, even if the "
+            "source packages are newer."
+        ),
     )