docs: say --offline cuts release asset downloads

scripts/generate_pack.py

@@ -2900,7 +2900,9 @@ def _main(held: contextlib.ExitStack) -> None:
     parser.add_argument(
         "--offline",
         action="store_true",
-        help="Skip data directory freshness check, use cache only",
+        help="No network at all: data directories and release assets come "
+        "from the cache only, so a gitignored file never fetched is missing "
+        "(--no-refresh-data keeps the trees as cached and still fetches assets)",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--refresh-data",

scripts/pipeline.py

@@ -330,7 +330,9 @@ def main() -> None:
         "--skip-docs", action="store_true", help="Skip README and site generation"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "--offline", action="store_true", help="Skip data directory refresh"
+        "--offline", action="store_true",
+        help="No network: skips steps 2 to 2b2 and packs only the release "
+        "assets already in .cache/large/"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--output-dir", default="dist", help="Pack output directory (default: dist/)"