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diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in
index 487302d..555b7ac 100644
--- a/dump/dump.8.in
+++ b/dump/dump.8.in
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$Id: dump.8.in,v 1.56 2004/04/21 08:55:48 stelian Exp $
+.\"	$Id: dump.8.in,v 1.58 2005/06/01 13:44:35 stelian Exp $
 .\"
 .TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands"
 .SH NAME
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ dump \- ext2/3 filesystem backup
 .PP
 .B dump 
 [\fB\-W \fR| \fB\-w\fR]
-.PP
-(The 4.3BSD option syntax is implemented for backward compatibility but is not
-documented here.)
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Dump
 examines files on an ext2/3 filesystem and determines which files need to be
@@ -286,6 +283,12 @@ Inodes which are either directories or have been modified since the last dump
 are saved in a regular way. Uses of this flag must be consistent, meaning that
 either every dump in an incremental dump set have the flag, or no one has it.
 .IP
+If you use this option, be aware that many programs that unpack
+files from archives (e.g. tar, rpm, unzip, dpkg) may set files'
+mtimes to dates in the past.  Files installed in this way may not be
+dumped correctly using "dump -m" if the modified mtime is earlier
+than the previous level dump.
+.IP
 Tapes written using such 'metadata only' inodes will not be compatible with the
 BSD tape format or older versions of
 .B restore.
@@ -530,6 +533,9 @@ set of tapes per dumped file system is used, also on a cyclical basis.
 .PP
 After several months or so, the daily and weekly tapes should get rotated out
 of the dump cycle and fresh tapes brought in.
+.PP
+(The 4.3BSD option syntax is implemented for backward compatibility but is not
+documented here.)
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 .TP 
 .B TAPE