From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 20:52:42 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: doc: clarify chown/chgrp --dereference defaults
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doc: clarify chown/chgrp --dereference defaults

* doc/coreutils.texi: the documentation for the --dereference
  flag of chown/chgrp states that it is the default mode of
  operation. Document that this is only the case when operating
  non-recursively.
---

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 3fa0830854..1c0e8a36c7 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -10989,7 +10989,7 @@ chown -h -R --from=OLDUSER NEWUSER /
 @cindex symbolic links, changing owner
 @findex lchown
 Do not act on symbolic links themselves but rather on what they point to.
-This is the default.
+This is the default when not operating recursively.
 
 @item -h
 @itemx --no-dereference
@@ -11119,7 +11119,7 @@ changed.
 @cindex symbolic links, changing owner
 @findex lchown
 Do not act on symbolic links themselves but rather on what they point to.
-This is the default.
+This is the default when not operating recursively.
 
 @item -h
 @itemx --no-dereference