Minor change in docstrings.

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diff --git a/doc/tar.1 b/doc/tar.1
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--- a/doc/tar.1
+++ b/doc/tar.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" This file is part of GNU tar. -*- nroff -*-
-.\" Copyright 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright 2013-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 .\"
 .\" GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 .\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 .\" along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-.TH TAR 1 "January 28, 2014" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
+.TH TAR 1 "February 22, 2014" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
 .SH NAME
 tar \- an archiving utility
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -506,6 +506,24 @@ Try extracting files with the same ownership as exists in the archive
 .TP
 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-preserve\-order\fR, \fB\-\-same\-order\fR
 Sort names to extract to match archive
+.TP
+\fB\-\-sort=\fIORDER\fR
+When creating an archive, sort directory entries according to
+\fIORDER\fR, which is one of
+.BR none ,
+.BR name ", or"
+.BR inode .
+
+The default is \fB\-\-sort=none\fR, which stores archive members in
+the same order as returned by the operating system.
+
+Using \fB\-\-sort=name\fR ensures the member ordering in the created archive
+is uniform and reproducible.
+
+Using \fB\-\-sort=inode\fR reduces the number of disk seeks made when
+creating the archive and thus can considerably speed up archivation.
+This sorting order is supported only if the underlying system provides
+the necessary information.
 .SS Device selection and switching
 .TP
 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR=\fIARCHIVE\fR
@@ -770,6 +788,15 @@ Exclude directories containing file \fBCACHEDIR.TAG\fR and the file itself.
 \fB\-\-exclude\-caches\-under\fR
 Exclude everything under directories containing \fBCACHEDIR.TAG\fR
 .TP
+\fB\-\-exclude\-ignore=\fIFILE\fR
+Before dumping a directory, see if it contains \fIFILE\fR.
+If so, read exclusion patterns from this file.  The patterns affect
+only the directory itself.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-exclude\-ignore\-recursive=\fIFILE\fR
+Same as \fB\-\-exclude\-ignore\fR, except that patterns from
+\fIFILE\fR affect both the directory and all its subdirectories.
+.TP
 \fB\-\-exclude\-tag\fR=\fIFILE\fR
 Exclude contents of directories containing \fIFILE\fR, except for
 \fIFILE\fR itself.
@@ -783,6 +810,14 @@ Exclude everything under directories containing \fIFILE\fR.
 \fB\-\-exclude\-vcs\fR
 Exclude version control system directories.
 .TP
+\fB\-\-exclude\-vcs\-ignores\fR
+Exclude files that match patterns read from VCS-specific ignore
+files.  Supported files are:
+.BR .cvsignore ,
+.BR .gitignore ,
+.BR .bzrignore ", and"
+.BR .hgignore .
+.TP
 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-dereference\fR
 Follow symlinks; archive and dump the files they point to.
 .TP
@@ -804,7 +839,7 @@ Disable the effect of the previous \fB\-\-null\fR option.
 Avoid descending automatically in directories.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-no\-unquote\fR
-Do not unquote filenames read with \fB\-T\fR.
+Do not unquote input file or member names.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-null\fR
 Instruct subsequent \fB\-T\fR options to read null-terminated names,
@@ -832,7 +867,7 @@ unless overridden by environment variable \fBSIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX\fR.
 Get names to extract or create from \fIFILE\fR.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-unquote\fR
-Unquote filenames read with \fB\-T\fR (default).
+Unquote file or member names (default).
 .TP
 \fB\-X\fR, \fB\-\-exclude\-from\fR=\fIFILE\fR
 Exclude files matching patterns listed in FILE.