+The @option{--transform} option applies only to member names. It does
+not apply to symbolic link targets. In many cases, this is the
+desired behavior. Consider for example, archiving the @file{/lib}
+directory:
+
+@smallexample
+$ @kbd{tar -vv -c -f archive /lib}
+tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
+drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-07-08 16:20 /lib/
+-rwxr-xr-x root/root 1250840 2008-05-25 07:44 /lib/libc-2.3.2.so
+lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-06-24 17:12 /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.3.2.so
+...
+@end smallexample
+
+Now, you can use our example above to extract it into @file{/usr/local}:
+
+@smallexample
+$ @kbd{tar --transform 's,^,/usr/local/,' \
+ --show-transformed -v -x -f archive}
+drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2008-07-08 16:20 /usr/local/lib/
+-rwxr-xr-x root/root 1250840 2008-05-25 07:44 /usr/local/lib/libc-2.3.2.so
+lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2008-06-24 17:12 /usr/local/lib/libc.so.6 ->
+libc-2.3.2.so
+@end smallexample
+
+As you see, it correctly extracts @file{libc.so.6} as a symbolic link
+to @file{libc-2.3.2.so}.
+
+However, sometimes you may need to transform symbolic link targets as
+well. To do so, @GNUTAR provides an additional option:
+
+@table @option
+@opindex transform-symlinks
+@item --transform-symlinks
+Apply @command{--transform} option to symbolic link targets.
+
+@opindex no-transform-symlinks
+@itemx --no-transform-symlinks
+Cancel the effect of the previous @option{--transform-symlinks} option.
+@end table
+