=item B<--zone>
-Specify the zone to process. The "zone" selects a configuration subset for
-the role the tool should process on this run. Each role is for a different
-collection of files to be managed.
-
-Currently, zones are hardwired in the tool:
-
-=over
-
-=item ftp
-
-Used for ftp.gnu.org.
-
-=item alpha
-
-Used for alpha.gnu.org.
-
-=item distros
-
-Used for system distributions hosted or mirrored on ftp.gnu.org.
+Specify the zone to process. Zones are defined in the configuration file.
+If the configuration file defines any zones, this parameter is required.
+If the configuration file does not define zones, this parameter must not be
+given.
=back