diff --git a/usr.bin/compress/compress.1 b/usr.bin/compress/compress.1
--- a/usr.bin/compress/compress.1
+++ b/usr.bin/compress/compress.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)compress.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd October 20, 2020
+.Dd March 4, 2021
 .Dt COMPRESS 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@
 coding (as used in the historical command pack), or adaptive Huffman
 coding (as used in the historical command compact), and takes less
 time to compute.
+.Pp
+If
+.Ar file
+is a soft or hard link
+.Nm
+will replace it with a compressed copy of the file pointed to by the link.
+The link's target file is left uncompressed.
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Ex -std compress uncompress
 .Pp
@@ -248,6 +255,8 @@
 command appeared in
 .Bx 4.3 .
 .Sh BUGS
+The program does not handle links well and has no link-handling options.
+.Pp
 Some of these might be considered otherwise-undocumented features.
 .Pp
 .Nm compress :