1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index 4f64d2286..4ab38db29 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ int tar_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 IF_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE("c--tx:t--cx:x--ct") // mutually exclusive
                 IF_NOT_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE("t--x:x--t") // mutually exclusive
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_TAR_LONG_OPTIONS
-                ":\xf9+" // --strip-components=NUM
+                ":\xf8+" // --strip-components=NUM
 #endif
                 LONGOPTS
                 , &base_dir // -C dir