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-rw-r--r--gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.14
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.1
index 7ef74c4..6472a31 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.1
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/cpio/cpio.1
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ Ignored; for compatibility with other versions of
.BR cpio .
.TP
.I "\-l, \-\-link"
-Link files instead of copying them, when possible.
+Link files instead of copying them, when possible (usable only with the
+.I \-p
+option).
.TP
.I "\-L, \-\-dereference"
Dereference symbolic links (copy the files that they point to instead
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