Files cannot be extracted from a thin archive, and there are
restrictions on extracting from archives created with @option{P}: The
paths must not be absolute, may not contain @code{..}, and any
-subdirectories in the paths must exist.
+subdirectories in the paths must exist. If it is desired to avoid
+these restrictions then used the @option{--output} option to specify
+an output directory.
@end table
A number of modifiers (@var{mod}) may immediately follow the @var{p}
extraction operation that option must still be included on the command
line.
-Note - using this option does not allow archive members to be
-extracted to locations outside of the current directory, or one of its
-sub-directories. This is a security feature to prevent archives
-created with the @option{P} option from maliciously overwriting user
-files.
@end table
@c man end