This behaviour is correctly documented when doing `cp --help`. There is
no `--reflink=when` option.
* doc/coreutils.texi (cp invocation): Document that `--reflink` (without
options) is equivalent to `--reflink=always`.
---
doc/coreutils.texi | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index d44101273..c3112fd0c 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -9020,7 +9020,7 @@ The @var{when} value can be one of the following:
@item always
If the copy-on-write operation is not supported
then report the failure for each file and exit with a failure status.
-Plain @option{--reflink} is equivalent to @option{--reflink=when}.
+Plain @option{--reflink} is equivalent to @option{--reflink=always}.
@item auto
If the copy-on-write operation is not supported then fall back
--
2.37.1
