+.SH REPARSE POINTS AND SYMLINKS
+A "symbolic link" (or "symlink") is a special file which "points to" some other
+file or directory. On Windows, a "reparse point" is a generalization of a
+symlink which allows access to a file or directory to be redirected in a more
+complex way. Windows uses reparse points to support symlinks, and sometimes
+uses them for various other features as well. Normally, applications can choose
+whether they want to "dereference" reparse points and symlinks or not.
+.PP
+The default behavior of \fBwimcapture\fR is that reparse points and symlinks are
+\fInot\fR dereferenced, meaning that the reparse points or symlinks themselves
+are stored in the archive rather than the files or data they point to. There is
+a \fB--dereference\fR option, but it is currently only supported by the UNIX
+version of \fBwimcapture\fR on UNIX filesystems (it's not yet implemented for
+Windows filesystems).
+.PP
+Windows also treats certain types of reparse points specially. For example,
+Windows applications reading from deduplicated, WIM-backed, or system-compressed
+files always see the dereferenced data, even if they ask not to. Therefore,
+\fBwimcapture\fR on Windows will store these files dereferenced, not as reparse
+points. But \fBwimcapture\fR on UNIX in NTFS-3G mode cannot dereference these
+files and will store them as reparse points instead. This difference can be
+significant in certain situations, e.g. when capturing deduplicated files which,
+to be readable after extraction, require that the chunk store also be present.