@@ -467,10 +467,13 @@ and file name of the library.
467467.RE
468468.TP
469469.B \f[CB] \-\- class \- path \f[ R ] \f[I] classpath \f[ R ], \f[CB] \- classpath \f[ R ] \f[I] classpath \f[ R ], or \f[CB] \- cp \f[ R ] \f[I] classpath \f[ R ]
470- A semicolon ( \f[CB] ; \f[ R ] ) separated list of directories, JAR archives,
471- and ZIP archives to search for class files.
470+ Specifies a list of directories, JAR archives, and ZIP archives to search
471+ for class files.
472472.RS
473473.PP
474+ On Windows, semicolons (\f[CB] ; \f[ R ] ) separate entities in this list;
475+ on other platforms it is a colon (\f[CB] : \f[ R ] ).
476+ .PP
474477Specifying \f[I] classpath \f[ R ] overrides any setting of the
475478\f[CB] CLASSPATH \f[ R ] environment variable.
476479If the class path option isn\[aq ] t used and \f[I] classpath \f[ R ] isn\[aq ] t
@@ -522,16 +525,21 @@ invoked.
522525.RE
523526.TP
524527.B \f[CB] \-\- module \- path \f[ R ] \f[I] modulepath \f[ R ]... or \f[CB] \- p \f[ R ] \f[I] modulepath \f[ R ]
525- A semicolon ( \f[CB] ; \f[ R ] ) separated list of directories in which each
526- directory is a directory of modules.
528+ Specifies a list of directories in which each directory is a directory
529+ of modules.
527530.RS
531+ .PP
532+ On Windows, semicolons (\f[CB] ; \f[ R ] ) separate directories in this list;
533+ on other platforms it is a colon (\f[CB] : \f[ R ] ).
528534.RE
529535.TP
530536.B \f[CB] \-\- upgrade \- module \- path \f[ R ] \f[I] modulepath \f[ R ] ...
531- A semicolon (\f[CB] ; \f[ R ] ) separated list of directories in which each
532- directory is a directory of modules that replace upgradeable modules in
533- the runtime image.
537+ Specifies a list of directories in which each directory is a directory
538+ of modules that replace upgradeable modules in the runtime image.
534539.RS
540+ .PP
541+ On Windows, semicolons (\f[CB] ; \f[ R ] ) separate directories in this list;
542+ on other platforms it is a colon (\f[CB] : \f[ R ] ).
535543.RE
536544.TP
537545.B \f[CB] \-\- add \- modules \f[ R ] \f[I] module \f[ R ] [\f[CB] , \f[ R ]\f[I] module \f[ R ] ...]
@@ -794,11 +802,8 @@ Specifies a list of directories, JAR files, and ZIP archives to append
794802to the end of the default bootstrap class path.
795803.RS
796804.PP
797- \f[B] Linux and macOS: \f[ R ] Colons (\f[CB] : \f[ R ] ) separate entities in this
798- list.
799- .PP
800- \f[B] Windows: \f[ R ] Semicolons (\f[CB] ; \f[ R ] ) separate entities in this
801- list.
805+ On Windows, semicolons (\f[CB] ; \f[ R ] ) separate entities in this list;
806+ on other platforms it is a colon (\f[CB] : \f[ R ] ).
802807.RE
803808.TP
804809.B \f[CB] \- Xcheck:jni \f[ R ]
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