Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MainApplication.java
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MainApplication.java	(revision 2819)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MainApplication.java	(revision 2820)
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
                 "\tjava -Djosm.home=/home/user/.josm_dev -jar josm.jar\n"+
                 "\tjava -Xmx400m -jar josm.jar\n\n"+
-                tr("Parameters are read in the order they are specified, so make sure you load\n"+
-                "some data before --selection")+"\n");
+                tr("Parameters --download, --downloadgps and --selection are processed in this order.")+"\n"+
+                tr("Make sure you load some data if you use --selection.")+"\n"
+        );
     }