From 9742b0c5b1e847c286b64bad081c96a454b17c53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexis Bourget <alexis.bourget@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:31:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add docs precisions for launch and --copy-env

---
 kitty/launch.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kitty/launch.py b/kitty/launch.py
index 84dbb7831..97d26ad86 100644
--- a/kitty/launch.py
+++ b/kitty/launch.py
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ currently active window.
 --copy-env
 type=bool-set
 Copy the environment variables from the currently active window into the
-newly launched child process.
+newly launched child process. It will not copy environment variables that have
+been :code:`export`ed since the :code:`export` command does not change the environment
+of the shell, only of child processes launched in the shell. You can use remote control
+instead to have the current environment copied.
 
 
 --location