diff --git a/ARCHITECTURE.md b/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 256d419..910a0d3 100644
--- a/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ A new `Scanner` is created for each snapshot, from `ScannerFactory`. It owns a
   had and that are now gone.
 - `batchAddFilesToSnapshot` records the unchanged files in the new snapshot.
 - `recordDirectories` records every directory, and the mount points found.
-- `processPhase` reads each changed file and stores it.
+- `processPhase` reads each changed regular file and stores it. It records each
+  changed symlink.
 
 The walk handles each kind of entry differently:
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 361fab5..116a539 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -326,11 +326,11 @@ holds:
 - Its modification time has changed.
 - Its mode has changed.
 - Its owner or group has changed.
-- Its link target has changed.
 - No uploaded blob holds one of its chunks. This happens when the only snapshot
   that used the blob holding that chunk is removed.
 
-Every other file is recorded in the new snapshot without being read.
+Every other file is recorded in the new snapshot without being read. A symlink
+has no content to read, so it is only recorded.
 
 Flags:
 
@@ -730,8 +730,8 @@ Deletes the local index file. The destination is not changed.
 It needs a config file that loads, because the config gives the path of the
 index.
 
-The next backup then reads every file again. It skips the upload of a blob that
-the destination already holds under the same name.
+The next backup then reads every regular file again. It skips the upload of a
+blob that the destination already holds under the same name.
 
 Use this command after you point the config at a different destination. See
 [Changing the destination](#changing-the-destination).
diff --git a/docs/DATAMODEL.md b/docs/DATAMODEL.md
index 12f8223..f16784d 100644
--- a/docs/DATAMODEL.md
+++ b/docs/DATAMODEL.md
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ in any of these:
 - link target
 
 A file is also read again when it lists a chunk that no uploaded blob holds. A
-file with no row in `files` is read too.
+regular file with no row in `files` is read too.
 
 Storing a changed file writes these rows: