From b2302875c97f723e02cc39136d0b20fd706369aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Willison <swillison@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 20:55:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Document --type option better, closes #255

---
 sqlite_utils/cli.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sqlite_utils/cli.py b/sqlite_utils/cli.py
index 011935a31..960d34c44 100644
--- a/sqlite_utils/cli.py
+++ b/sqlite_utils/cli.py
@@ -1276,9 +1276,12 @@ def triggers(
 @click.argument("table")
 @click.option(
     "--type",
-    type=(str, str),
+    type=(
+        str,
+        click.Choice(["INTEGER", "TEXT", "FLOAT", "BLOB"], case_sensitive=False),
+    ),
     multiple=True,
-    help="Change column type to X",
+    help="Change column type to INTEGER, TEXT, FLOAT or BLOB",
 )
 @click.option("--drop", type=str, multiple=True, help="Drop this column")
 @click.option(