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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index cc806d52c..3ae39d18c 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -8052,8 +8052,8 @@ copy recursively by descending into source directories and copying files to corresponding destination directories. When copying from a symbolic link, @command{cp} normally follows the -link only when not copying -recursively. This default can be overridden with the +link only when not copying recursively or when @option{--link} +(@option{-l}) is used. This default can be overridden with the @option{--archive} (@option{-a}), @option{-d}, @option{--dereference} (@option{-L}), @option{--no-dereference} (@option{-P}), and @option{-H} options. If more than one of these options is specified, @@ -8327,7 +8327,8 @@ any missing intermediate directories. @cindex recursively copying directories @cindex non-directories, copying as special files Copy directories recursively. By default, do not follow symbolic -links in the source; see the @option{--archive} (@option{-a}), @option{-d}, +links in the source unless used together with the @option{--link} +(@option{-l}) option; see the @option{--archive} (@option{-a}), @option{-d}, @option{--dereference} (@option{-L}), @option{--no-dereference} (@option{-P}), and @option{-H} options. Special files are copied by creating a destination file of the same type as the source; see the |