From fca83bf79a9a96fab871fea54df1d090eec7d88b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Jackson <alexanderjackson@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 21:36:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify stdin syntax highlighting in the README

Clarify the requirements for automatic syntax highlighting when reading
input from stdin. Fixes #1028.
---
 README.md | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb1e59f9..cb7692f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ Display multiple files at once
 > bat src/*.rs
 ```
 
-Read from stdin, determine the syntax automatically
+Read from stdin, determine the syntax automatically (note, this will only work
+if the syntax can be determined from the initial line of the file, usually
+through a shebang such as `#!/bin/sh`)
 
 ```bash
 > curl -s https://sh.rustup.rs | bat