bug#75762: [shepherd] Confusion about relative file names

[Dariqq]

Hello,

Was reading through the shepherd manual and it seems to contain 
contradictory information regarding relative file names:

In Chapter 3 ('herd' and 'shepherd') the manual reads

> Since herd passes its current working directory to ‘shepherd’, you can pass 
> relative file names without trouble.

Chapter 3.2 (Invoking 'herd')

> If you pass a file name as an ARG, it will be passed as-is to the Shepherd, 
> thus if it is not an absolute name, it is local to the current working 
> directory of ‘shepherd’, not to herd.

So which one is it or is there something I am missing here?