The EXTRA section in the man page for ln starts:
In the 1st form, create a link to TARGET with the name LINK_NAME. In the 2nd form, create a link to TARGET in the current directory. In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links....
However, the SYNOPSIS section only shows one form:
ln [--backup] [-b ] [-f|--force] [-i|--interactive] [-n|--no-dereference] [-L|--logical] [-P|--physical] [-s|--symbolic] [-S|--suffix] [-t|--target-directory]
[-T|--no-target-directory] [-r|--relative] [-v|--verbose] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] <files>
It looks like the EXTRA text is a holdover from the DESCRIPTION section of the old man page:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/ln-invocation.html
The uutils man page should be updated to either show the 4 forms in the SYNOPSIS or update the EXTRA section accordingly.
The EXTRA section in the man page for
lnstarts:However, the SYNOPSIS section only shows one form:
It looks like the EXTRA text is a holdover from the DESCRIPTION section of the old man page:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/ln-invocation.html
The uutils man page should be updated to either show the 4 forms in the SYNOPSIS or update the EXTRA section accordingly.