Document additional -c caveat

One might expect "send data as it is on disk, and cannot trigger
compression changes" to imply "does not attempt to compress data
that was not compressed on the sender."

One would be mistaken.

Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Signed-off-by: Rich Ercolani <rincebrain@gmail.com>
Closes #12570
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@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ will not have their data recompressed on the receiver side using
.Fl o Sy compress Ns = Ar value .
The data will stay compressed as it was from the sender.
The new compression property will be set for future data.
Note that uncompressed data from the sender will still attempt to
compress on the receiver, unless you specify
.Fl o Sy compress Ns = Em off .
.It Fl w , -raw
For encrypted datasets, send data exactly as it exists on disk.
This allows backups to be taken even if encryption keys are not currently loaded.