Briefly describe --unsafe-compact for each command

[wimlib] / doc / man1 / wimlib-imagex-update.1

diff --git a/doc/man1/wimlib-imagex-update.1 b/doc/man1/wimlib-imagex-update.1
index cc6dab9e6e1823820da16fa4e2096b0cb78fa1c3..bb8054906c5e0a2d67c4b22f639e4b714380dce4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man1/wimlib-imagex-update.1
+++ b/doc/man1/wimlib-imagex-update.1
@@ -165,7 +165,10 @@ boot process).  See the documentation for the \fB--wimboot\fR option of
 \fBwimlib-imagex apply\fR (1) for more information.
 .TP
 \fB--unsafe-compact\fR
-See the documentation for this option in \fBwimlib-imagex-optimize\fR (1).
+Compact the WIM archive in-place and append any new data, eliminating "holes".
+In general, this option should \fInot\fR be used because a failed or interrupted
+compaction will corrupt the WIM archive.  For more information, see the
+documentation for this option in \fBwimlib-imagex-optimize\fR (1).
 .SH NOTES
 \fBwimlib-imagex update\fR is partly redundant with \fBwimlib-imagex
 mountrw\fR, since if a WIM image can be mounted read-write, then there