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index 1e2f2c71..ee3474ee 100644
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ very useful for incremental backups.  You can additionally
 specify a backup suffix using the --suffix option
 (otherwise the files backed up in the specified directory
 will keep their original filenames).
+If DIR is a relative path, it is relative to the destination directory
+(which changes in a recursive transfer).
 
 dit(bf(--suffix=SUFFIX)) This option allows you to override the default
 backup suffix used with the --backup (-b) option. The default suffix is a ~
@@ -727,14 +729,14 @@ although this skips files that haven't changed; see also --link-dest).
 This option increases the usefulness of --partial because partially
 transferred files will remain in the new temporary destination until they
 have a chance to be completed.  If DIR is a relative path, it is relative
-to the destination directory.
+to the destination directory (which changes in a recursive transfer).
 
 dit(bf(--link-dest=DIR)) This option behaves like bf(--compare-dest) but
 also will create hard links from em(DIR) to the destination directory for
 unchanged files.  Files with changed ownership or permissions will not be
 linked.
 Like bf(--compare-dest) if DIR is a relative path, it is relative
-to the destination directory.
+to the destination directory (which changes in a recursive transfer).
 
 dit(bf(-z, --compress)) With this option, rsync compresses any data from
 the files that it sends to the destination machine.  This
@@ -887,7 +889,7 @@ manpagesection(EXCLUDE PATTERNS)
 The exclude and include patterns specified to rsync allow for flexible
 selection of which files to transfer and which files to skip.
 
-rsync builds an ordered list of include/exclude options as specified on
+Rsync builds an ordered list of include/exclude options as specified on
 the command line. Rsync checks each file and directory 
 name against each exclude/include pattern in turn. The first matching
 pattern is acted on. If it is an exclude pattern, then that file is
@@ -926,13 +928,19 @@ verb(
    Source root: /home/me
    +/- pattern: /home/me/foo/bar      (note full path)
    Target file: /dest/home/me/foo/bar
+
+   Example cmd: cd /home; rsync -a --relative me/foo/ /dest
+   Source root: ./me/foo         (source is not absolute)
+   +/- pattern: /me/foo/bar      (only uses specified path)
+   Target file: /dest/me/foo/bar
 )
 
 The easiest way to see what name you should include/exclude is to just
 look at the output when using --verbose and put a / in front of the name
 (use the --dry-run option if you're not yet ready to copy any files).
 
-Note that when used with -r (which is implied by -a), every subcomponent of
+Note that, when using the --recursive (-r) option (which is implied by -a),
+every subcomponent of
 every path is visited from the top down, so include/exclude patterns get
 applied recursively to each subcomponent.