From c65f9374735c85b29f2bfeed364b75ddb7efaa2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Burri <axel@tty0.ch>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:27:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] documentation: btrbk.1.asciidoc: add note about snapshot
 deletion for action "snapshot"

---
 doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc b/doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc
index c19c5e2..8ba401f 100644
--- a/doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/btrbk.1.asciidoc
@@ -191,7 +191,9 @@ configuring the retention policy.
     Snapshot only: skips backup creation and deletion (steps 2 and
     3). Use in conjunction with -p, --preserve (or
     --preserve-snapshots) if you also want to skip snapshot deletion
-    (step 4).
+    (step 4). Note that snapshot deletion is skipped if the target is
+    not accessible, as it is still required in order to determine the
+    latest snapshot/backup pair.
 
 *resume* [filter...]::
     Resume backups: skips snapshot creation (step 1), transfers and