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diff --git a/man/emerge.1 b/man/emerge.1
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@@ -376,7 +376,10 @@ required.
Account for library link-level dependencies during
\fB\-\-depclean\fR and \fB\-\-prune\fR actions. This
option is enabled by default. In some cases this can
-be somewhat time\-consuming.
+be somewhat time\-consuming. This option is ignored
+when FEATURES="preserve\-libs" is enabled in
+\fBmake.conf\fR(5), since any libraries that have
+consumers will simply be preserved.
.TP
.BR "\-\-emptytree " (\fB\-e\fR)
Reinstalls target atoms and their entire deep