(ln invocation): Note that --directory, -d, -F

probably won't work even for superuser.

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 4e403ea99c1ae245fcaabe9629647174c962f874..84ca1910899f53a1d93610707713825edaf98d60 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7091,7 +7091,9 @@ Make a backup of each file that would otherwise be overwritten or removed.
 @opindex -F
 @opindex --directory
 @cindex hard links to directories
-Allow the super-user to make hard links to directories.
+Allow the super-user to attempt to make hard links to directories.
+However, note that this will probably fail due to
+system restrictions, even for the super-user.
 
 @item -f
 @itemx --force