diff --git a/docs/06-advanced-options.md b/docs/06-advanced-options.md index 63c93d1..7e08c80 100644 --- a/docs/06-advanced-options.md +++ b/docs/06-advanced-options.md @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ Stores metadata, such as file timestamps and attributes. This increases the requ ### symlink-policy `--symlink-policy = Store` -Use this option to handle symlinks differently. The `store` option will simply record a symlink with its name and destination, and a restore will recreate the symlink as a link. Use the option `ignore` to ignore all symlinks and not store any information about them. Previous versions of Duplicati used the setting `follow`, which will cause symlinked files to be included and restore as normal files. +Use this option to handle symlinks differently. The `store` option will simply record a symlink with its name and destination, and a restore will recreate the symlink as a link. Use the option `ignore` to ignore all symlinks and not store any information about them. The option `follow` will cause the symlinked target to be backed up and restored as a normal file with the symlink name. Early versions of Duplicati did not support this option and bevhaved as if `follow` was specified. ### synchronous-upload `--synchronous-upload = false`