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diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index 5360d43b..e278b7a4 100644
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -734,6 +734,8 @@ 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.
 
 dit(bf(-z, --compress)) With this option, rsync compresses any data from
 the files that it sends to the destination machine.  This
@@ -871,8 +873,8 @@ skipped. If it is an include pattern then that filename is not
 skipped. If no matching include/exclude pattern is found then the
 filename is not skipped.
 
-The filenames matched against the exclude/incldue patterns are
-relative to the base directories so patterns should not
+The filenames matched against the exclude/include patterns are
+relative to the base directories, so patterns should not
 include the path elements to those base directories.  The
 only way in which a pattern will match the absolute path of
 a file or directory is if the base path is the root directory.
@@ -893,7 +895,8 @@ itemize(
   start of the filename, otherwise it is matched against the end of
   the filename.
   This is the equivalent of a leading ^ in regular expressions.
-  Thus "/foo" would match a file called "foo" at the base of the tree.
+  Thus "/foo" would match a file called "foo" at the base of the
+  transferred tree.
   On the other hand, "foo" would match any file called "foo"
   anywhere in the tree because the algorithm is applied recursively from
   top down; it behaves as if each path component gets a turn at being the
@@ -929,8 +932,9 @@ itemize(
   include/exclude list is reset, removing all previously defined patterns.
 )
 
-The +/- rules are most useful in exclude lists, allowing you to have a
-single exclude list that contains both include and exclude options.
+The +/- rules are most useful in a list that was read from a file, allowing
+you to have a single exclude list that contains both include and exclude
+options.
 
 If you end an exclude list with --exclude '*', note that since the
 algorithm is applied recursively that unless you explicitly include