Does this negation of the main sentence add anything I don't get? Reads like pointing out the obvious and the next sentence also explains how -H and -L behave due to -R, just like -H and -L descriptions themselves.
Index: cp.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/cp/cp.1,v retrieving revision 1.41 diff -u -p -r1.41 cp.1 --- cp.1 2 Sep 2019 21:18:41 -0000 1.41 +++ cp.1 20 Sep 2022 10:52:03 -0000 @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ will attempt to create a sparse file. .Pp Symbolic links are always followed unless the .Fl R -flag is set, in which case symbolic links are not followed, by default. +flag is set. The .Fl H or
