--- exclude.c	22 Sep 2004 04:11:15 -0000	1.85
+++ exclude.c	6 Oct 2004 00:02:45 -0000
@@ -235,8 +235,9 @@ int check_exclude(struct exclude_list_st
 /* Get the next include/exclude arg from the string.  The token will not
  * be '\0' terminated, so use the returned length to limit the string.
  * Also, be sure to add this length to the returned pointer before passing
- * it back to ask for the next token.  This routine parses the +/- prefixes
- * and the "!" token unless xflags contains XFLG_WORDS_ONLY.  The *flag_ptr
+ * it back to ask for the next token.  This routine parses the "!" (list-
+ * clearing) token and (if xflags does NOT contain XFLG_WORDS_ONLY) the
+ * +/- prefixes for overriding the include/exclude mode.  The *flag_ptr
  * value will also be set to the MATCHFLG_* bits for the current token.
  */
 static const char *get_exclude_tok(const char *p, unsigned int *len_ptr,
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ static const char *get_exclude_tok(const
 	} else
 		len = strlen(s);
 
-	if (*p == '!' && len == 1 && !(xflags & XFLG_WORDS_ONLY))
+	if (*p == '!' && len == 1)
 		mflags |= MATCHFLG_CLEAR_LIST;
 
 	*len_ptr = len;