0 to tell someone about some information, often because you believe they do not know it or have forgotten it:
1 to tell someone about something, often because you think that they do not know it or have forgotten it:
They credited my account with $20 after I pointed out the error.
The curator guided us round the gallery, pointing out the most famous paintings in the collection.
A couple of alert readers wrote in to the paper pointing out the mistake.
