-The effect of the --transform option on the symbolic links targets is
-controlled by --transform-symlink and --no-transform-symlink options.
-By default, transformations do not apply to symlink targets,
-which corresponds to the behavior of version 1.19. To apply
-transformations to symlink targets as well, use --transform-symlink
-option. The --no-transform-symlink option cancels the effect of any
-prior --transform-symlink.
+Name transformation expressions understand additional flags that
+control type of archive members affected by them. The flags are:
+
+ - r
+ Apply transformation to regular archive members.
+
+ - s
+ Apply transformation to symbolic link targets.
+
+ - h
+ Apply transformation to hard link targets.
+
+Corresponding upper-case letters negate the flag meaning, so that
+`H' means ``do not apply transformation to hard link targets.''
+
+The scope flags are listed in the third part of an `s' expression,
+e.g.:
+
+ tar --transform 's|^|/usr/local/|S'
+
+Default is `rsh', which means that transformations are applied to
+both regular archive members and to the targets of symbolic and hard
+links. If several transform expressions are used, the default flags
+can be changed using `flags=' statement before the expressions, e.g.:
+
+ tar --transform 'flags=S;s|^|/usr/local/|S'