+The @option{--no-null} option can be used if you need to read both
+zero-terminated and newline-terminated files on the same command line.
+For example, if @file{flist} is a newline-terminated file, then the
+following command can be used to combine it with the above command:
+
+@smallexample
+@group
+$ @kbd{find . -size +800 -print0 |
+ tar -c -f big.tar --null -T - --no-null -T flist}
+@end group
+@end smallexample
+
+This example uses short options for typographic reasons, to avoid
+very long lines.
+
+@GNUTAR is able to automatically detect null-terminated file lists, so
+it is safe to use them even without the @option{--null} option. In
+this case @command{tar} will print a warning and continue reading such
+a file as if @option{--null} were actually given:
+
+@smallexample
+@group
+$ @kbd{find . -size +800 -print0 | tar -c -f big.tar -T -}
+tar: -: file name read contains nul character
+@end group
+@end smallexample
+
+The null terminator, however, remains in effect only for this
+particular file, any following @option{-T} options will assume
+newline termination. Of course, the null autodetection applies
+to these eventual surplus @option{-T} options as well.