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-rw-r--r--rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.12
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diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1
index 9c50b9c..0c5f2b4 100644
--- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1
+++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ must be run in a separate instance of rdiff-backup. Remember also
that snapshots of deleted files are covered by this operation, so if
you deleted a file and backed up two weeks ago, and then run
--remove-older-than 10D today, no trace of that file will remain.
+Finally, file selection options such as --include and --exclude don't
+affect --remove-older-than.
.TP
.BI "--restrict " path
Require that all file access be inside the given path. This switch,