diff --git a/src/compression/tar/tar-compress.md b/src/compression/tar/tar-compress.md
index 25735a63..d2454343 100644
--- a/src/compression/tar/tar-compress.md
+++ b/src/compression/tar/tar-compress.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Compress `/var/log` directory into `archive.tar.gz`.
 
 Creates a [`File`] wrapped in [`GzEncoder`]
 and [`tar::Builder`]. </br>Adds contents of `/var/log` directory recursively into the archive
-under `backup/logs`path with [`Builder::append_dir_all`].
+under `backup/logs` path with [`Builder::append_dir_all`].
 [`GzEncoder`] is responsible for transparently compressing the
 data prior to writing it into `archive.tar.gz`.
 
@@ -21,11 +21,35 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     let enc = GzEncoder::new(tar_gz, Compression::default());
     let mut tar = tar::Builder::new(enc);
     tar.append_dir_all("backup/logs", "/var/log")?;
+    tar.finish()?;
     Ok(())
 }
 ```
 
+To add the contents without renaming them, an empty string can be used as the first argument of [`Builder::append_dir_all`]:
+
+```rust,edition2018,no_run
+
+use std::fs::File;
+use flate2::Compression;
+use flate2::write::GzEncoder;
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    let tar_gz = File::create("archive.tar.gz")?;
+    let enc = GzEncoder::new(tar_gz, Compression::default());
+    let mut tar = tar::Builder::new(enc);
+    tar.append_dir_all("", "/var/log")?;
+    tar.finish()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+```
+
+The default behavior of [`tar::Builder`] differs from the GNU `tar` utility's defaults [tar(1)],
+notably [`tar::Builder::follow_symlinks(true)`] is the equivalent of `tar --dereference`.
+
+[tar(1)]: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/tar.1.html
 [`Builder::append_dir_all`]: https://docs.rs/tar/*/tar/struct.Builder.html#method.append_dir_all
 [`File`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fs/struct.File.html
 [`GzEncoder`]: https://docs.rs/flate2/*/flate2/write/struct.GzEncoder.html
 [`tar::Builder`]: https://docs.rs/tar/*/tar/struct.Builder.html
+[`tar::Builder::follow_symlinks(true)`]: https://docs.rs/tar/latest/tar/struct.Builder.html#method.follow_symlinks