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diff --git a/share/man/man7/named_attribute.7.zfs b/share/man/man7/named_attribute.7
--- a/share/man/man7/named_attribute.7.zfs
+++ b/share/man/man7/named_attribute.7
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
.\"
-.Dd July 3, 2025
+.Dd July 20, 2025
.Dt NAMED_ATTRIBUTE 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
implementation
of extended attributes within a file system, both ZFS and NFSv4 provide
both mechanisms, which can be used interchangably to manipulate
-extended attributes, but with a couple of limitations.
+extended attributes, but with a few limitations.
.Bl -bullet
.It
The
@@ -135,6 +135,24 @@
extended attributes and,
as such, system namespace extended attributes must be manipulated via
.Xr extattr 2 .
+.It
+For ZFS, if an extended attribute with a small value (as in number
+of bytes) is created when the ZFS
+.Dv xattr
+property is set to
+.Dq sa ,
+that extended attribute is only visible via
+.Xr extattr 2
+and not as a named attribute.
+Archiving/de-archiving the file via
+.Xr tar 1
+after setting the
+.Dv xattr
+property to
+.Dq dir
+will make the attribute(s) visible as both named attributes
+and via
+.Xr extattr 2 .
.El
.Pp
The named attribute mechanism/system call interface provides certain
@@ -259,6 +277,7 @@
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bash 1 ,
.Xr runat 1 ,
+.Xr tar 1 ,
.Xr chdir 2 ,
.Xr extattr 2 ,
.Xr lseek 2 ,
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