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-rw-r--r--sbin/dump/dump.83
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/dump/dump.8 b/sbin/dump/dump.8
index ac2ead3..cd01a75 100644
--- a/sbin/dump/dump.8
+++ b/sbin/dump/dump.8
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ takes a snapshot of the file system in the
.Pa .snap
directory in the root of the file system being dumped and
then does a dump of the snapshot.
-The snapshot is removed when the dump is complete.
+The snapshot is unlinked as soon as the dump starts, and
+is thus removed when the dump is complete.
This option is ignored for unmounted or read-only file systems.
If the
.Pa .snap
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