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diff --git a/doc/testscript.cli b/doc/testscript.cli
index 7dc5467..61319a3 100644
--- a/doc/testscript.cli
+++ b/doc/testscript.cli
@@ -2243,8 +2243,9 @@ determination of whether \i{src-path} is a file or directory is done by
querying the filesystem entry type.
In this case \c{cp} fails if a filesystem entry for any of the \i{src-path}
-files/directories does not exist or is of a wrong type or if the \i{dst-dir}
-filesystem entry does not exist or is not a directory.
+files/directories does not exist or if the \i{dst-dir} filesystem entry does
+not exist or is not a directory. For a \i{src-path} directory \c{cp} also fails
+if the \i{dst-dir/src-name} filesystem entry already exists.
Newly created files and directories that are inside the script working
directory are automatically registered for cleanup.