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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.15
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1 b/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1
index 900502f..6a3d794 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1
+++ b/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1
@@ -272,7 +272,10 @@ specified on the following line.
.It Fl U
(x mode only)
Unlink files before creating them.
-(Not yet implemented.)
+Without this option,
+.Nm
+overwrites existing files, which preserves existing hardlinks.
+With this option, existing hardlinks will be broken.
.It Fl v
Produce verbose output.
In create and extract modes,
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