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@@ -12904,14 +12904,16 @@ pertaining to file existence.
This option is valid when used with @option{--relative-to}, and will restrict
the output of @option{--relative-to} so that relative names are output,
only when @var{file}s are descendants of @var{base}. Otherwise output the
-absolute file name. Note: this option honors the @option{-m} and @option{-e}
+absolute file name. If @option{--relative-to} was not specified, then
+the descendants of @var{base} are printed relative to @var{base}.
+Note: this option honors the @option{-m} and @option{-e}
options pertaining to file existence. For example:
@example
realpath --relative-to=/usr /tmp /usr/bin
@result{} ../tmp
@result{} bin
-realpath --relative-base=/usr --relative-to=/usr /tmp /usr/bin
+realpath --relative-base=/usr /tmp /usr/bin
@result{} /tmp
@result{} bin
@end example