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@@ -490,12 +490,9 @@ dit(bf(--ignore-errors)) Tells --delete to go ahead and delete files
 even when there are IO errors.
 
 dit(bf(--force)) This options tells rsync to delete directories even if
-they are not empty.  This applies to both the --delete option and to
-cases where rsync tries to copy a normal file but the destination
-contains a directory of the same name. 
-
-Since this option was added, deletions were reordered to be done depth-first
-so it is hardly ever needed anymore except in very obscure cases.
+they are not empty when they are to be replaced by non-directories.  This
+is only relevant without --delete because deletions are now done depth-first.
+Requires the --recursive option (which is implied by -a) to have any effect.
 
 dit(bf(-B , --block-size=BLOCKSIZE)) This controls the block size used in
 the rsync algorithm. See the technical report for details.