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diff --git a/doc/man/apply-default-acl.1 b/doc/man/apply-default-acl.1
index bfbb724..683919b 100644
--- a/doc/man/apply-default-acl.1
+++ b/doc/man/apply-default-acl.1
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ apply-default-acl \- Apply default POSIX ACLs to files and directories.
 .P
 If the directory containing \fIpath\fR has a default ACL, the ACL on
 \fIpath\fR is replaced with that default. Neither symbolic nor hard
-links are followed.
+links are followed; symbolic links are ignored in all path components
+to avoid a dangerous race condition.
 
 .P
 By default, a heuristic is used to determine whether or not the