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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 :

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