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diff --git a/usr.bin/rsync/rsync.5 b/usr.bin/rsync/rsync.5
index 05a349f9101..e133131680d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/rsync/rsync.5
+++ b/usr.bin/rsync/rsync.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: rsync.5,v 1.4 2019/02/12 19:11:54 benno Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: rsync.5,v 1.5 2019/02/12 19:13:03 benno Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2019 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\"
@@ -258,15 +258,17 @@ If the status byte is zero, the file-list has terminated.
If
.Fl g
has been specified, the sender sends the list of all groups encountered
-in the file list:
+in the file list.
+Group zero (commonly wheel) is never transmitted, as it has identifier
+zero and would corrupt the list.
.Pp
.Bl -enum -compact
.It
group identifier or zero to indicate end of set (integer)
.It
-length of group (byte)
+non-zero length of group (byte)
.It
-group name (prior length)
+non-empty group name (prior length)
.El
.Pp
The sender then sends any IO error values, which for