How can I get the ruler tool to show length in inches?

This doc says the units the ruler tool shows length in are changed using preferences:
http://helpx.adobe.com/en/photoshop/using/positioning-ruler-tool.html
This document says the ruler tool always uses pixels unless you change measurement scale on a per image basis:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop//10.0/help.html?content=WS3D3EF585-502B-49d2-85F F-537E9DC25C21.html
So far, the latter seems to be the case, but that's horribly inconvenient. Is there something I'm doing wrong or is there some setting somewhere that will make the ruler tool display measurement length in inches (or what ever I set in preferences)?
Note that I am not talking about the units shown at the top and left side when the ruler is in view, I'm talking about the ruler tool's position and length data, whether or not the ruler is in view.

Trevor,
Unfortunately, that only changes the ruler units, not the mouse coordinates displayed when taking measurements using the ruler tool.
gener7 nailed it though.
rgr

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