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diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 775bb68e..f0d03258 100644
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -469,6 +469,13 @@ dit(bf(-u, --update)) This forces rsync to skip any files for which the
 destination file already exists and has a date later than the source
 file.
 
+In the currently implementation, a difference of file format is always
+considered to be important enough for an update, no matter what date
+is on the objects.  In other words, if the source has a directory or a
+symlink where the destination has a file, the transfer would occur
+regardless of the timestamps.  This might change in the future (feel
+free to comment on this on the mailing list if you have an opinion).
+
 dit(bf(-l, --links)) When symlinks are encountered, recreate the
 symlink on the destination.
 
@@ -644,16 +651,8 @@ then files listed in a $HOME/.cvsignore are added to the list and any
 files listed in the CVSIGNORE environment variable (all cvsignore names
 are delimited by whitespace).
 
-Note that these cvs-exclude rules are inserted into the the user's list
-of excludes at the point the -C/--cvs-excludes option is mentioned, so
-any other include/exclude rules that precede the option override these
-rules, and any options that are specified afterwards are overridden by
-these rules.
-
 Finally, any file is ignored if it is in the same directory as a
 .cvsignore file and matches one of the patterns listed therein.
-There is not currently a way to override an exclude rule read from
-a local .cvsignore file.
 See the bf(cvs(1)) manual for more information.
 
 dit(bf(--exclude=PATTERN)) This option allows you to selectively exclude