Fix handling of files removed during incremental dumps.

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@@ -31,6 +31,23 @@ options.  So far the only meaningful value for N is 0.  The
 `--level=0' option forces creating the level 0 dump, by truncating
 the snapshot file if it exists.
 
+* Files removed during incremental dumps
+
+If a file or directory is removed while incremental dump is
+in progress, tar exact actions depend on whether this file
+was explicitly listed in the command line, or was gathered
+during file system scan.
+
+If the file was explicitly listed in the command line, tar
+issues error messages and exits with the code 2, meaning
+fatal error.
+
+Otherwise, if the file was gathered during the file system
+scan, tar issues a warning, saying "File removed before we read it",
+and sets the exit code to 1, which means "some files differ".
+If the --warning=no-file-removed option is given, no warning
+is issued and the exit code remains 0.
+
 * Bugfixes
 ** Fix handling of hard link targets by -c --transform.
 ** Fix hard links recognition with -c --remove-files.