Fix misleading --force documentation (bug 6752)

[rsync/rsync.git] / rsync.yo

diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 9283425..2a42ab5 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description.  verb(
      --ignore-missing-args   ignore missing source args without error
      --delete-missing-args   delete missing source args from destination
      --ignore-errors         delete even if there are I/O errors
-     --force                 force deletion of dirs even if not empty
+     --force                 OK to replace non-empty dirs with non-dirs
      --max-delete=NUM        don't delete more than NUM files
      --max-size=SIZE         don't transfer any file larger than SIZE
      --min-size=SIZE         don't transfer any file smaller than SIZE