Index: /trunk/logrotate.8
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--- a/logrotate.8	(revision 464)
+++ b/logrotate.8	(revision 465)
@@ -406,7 +406,8 @@
 .TP
 \fBolddir \fIdirectory\fR
-Logs are moved into \fIdirectory\fR for rotation. The \fIdirectory\fR
-must be on the same physical device as the log file being rotated,
-and is assumed to be relative to the directory holding the log file
+Logs are moved into \fIdirectory\fR for rotation. The \fIdirectory\fR must be
+on the same physical device as the log file being rotated, unless \fBcopy\fR,
+\fBcopytruncate\fR or \fBrenamecopy\fR option is used. The \fIdirectory\fR
+is assumed to be relative to the directory holding the log file
 unless an absolute path name is specified. When this option is used all
 old versions of the log end up in \fIdirectory\fR.  This option may be