diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1
index 2653060db98d..ce6a8df16b0c 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd December 21, 2000
+.Dd December 23, 2000
 .Os FreeBSD
 .Dt TAR 1
 .Sh NAME
@@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ Don't write symlinks as symlinks; write the data of the files they name.
 Ignore blocks of zeroes in archive (usually means End-Of-File).
 .It Fl -ignore-failed-read
 Don't exit with non-zero status on unreadable files.
+.It Fl j
+.It Fl y
+.It Fl -bzip
+.It Fl -bzip2
+.It Fl -bunzip2
+Filter the archive through
+.Xr bzip2 1 .
 .It Fl k
 .It Fl -keep-old-files
 Keep files which already exist on disk; don't overwrite them from the archive.
@@ -247,6 +254,7 @@ Show directories which were omitted while processing the archive.
 .It Fl -sparse
 Handle "sparse" files efficiently.
 .It Fl T Ar file
+.It Fl I Ar file
 .It Fl -files-from Ar file
 Get names of files to extract or create from
 .Ar file ,
@@ -290,13 +298,6 @@ Exclude files matching the
 .It Fl -exclude-from Ar file
 Exclude files listed in
 .Ar file .
-.It Fl y
-.It Fl I
-.It Fl -bzip
-.It Fl -bzip2
-.It Fl -bunzip2
-Filter the archive through
-.Xr bzip2 1 .
 .It Fl Z
 .It Fl -compress
 .It Fl -uncompress
@@ -407,6 +408,16 @@ The default tape drive.
 .\" This next request is for sections 1, 6, 7 & 8 only
 .\"     (command return values (to shell) and fprintf/stderr type diagnostics)
 .\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+The
+.Fl y
+is a FreeBSD localism.
+The GNU tar maintainer has now choosen
+.Fl j
+as the offical bzip2 compression option in GNU tar 1.13.18 and later.
+The
+.Fl I
+option is for compatibility with Solaris's tar.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr bzip2 1 ,
 .Xr compress 1 ,
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.c b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.c
index 7fb54f81f440..81add3fad956 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.c
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.c
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ struct option long_options[] =
   {"compress", 0, 0, 'Z'},
   {"uncompress", 0, 0, 'Z'},
   {"block-compress", 0, &f_compress_block, 1},
-  {"bzip", 0, 0, 'y'},
-  {"bzip2", 0, 0, 'y'},
-  {"bunzip2", 0, 0, 'y'},
+  {"bzip", 0, 0, 'j'},
+  {"bzip2", 0, 0, 'j'},
+  {"bunzip2", 0, 0, 'j'},
   {"gzip", 0, 0, 'z'},
   {"gunzip", 0, 0, 'z'},
   {"ungzip", 0, 0, 'z'},  /* for backwards compatibility with former typo */
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ options (argc, argv)
 
   /* Parse options */
   while ((c = getoldopt (argc, argv,
-	       "-01234567Ab:BcC:df:F:g:GhiIkK:lL:mMnN:oOpPrRsStT:uvV:wWxX:yzZ",
+	       "-01234567Ab:BcC:df:F:g:GhiIjkK:lL:mMnN:oOpPrRsStT:uvV:wWxX:yzZ",
 			 long_options, &ind)) != EOF)
     {
       switch (c)
@@ -507,6 +507,17 @@ options (argc, argv)
 			 */
 	  break;
 
+	case 'j':
+	case 'y':
+	  if (f_compressprog)
+	    {
+	      msg ("Only one compression option permitted\n");
+	      exit (EX_ARGSBAD);
+	    }
+	  f_compressprog = "bzip2";
+	  break;
+
+
 	case 'k':		/* Don't overwrite files */
 #ifdef NO_OPEN3
 	  msg ("can't keep old files on this system");
@@ -602,6 +613,7 @@ options (argc, argv)
 	  break;
 
 	case 'T':
+	case 'I':
 	  name_file = optarg;
 	  f_namefile++;
 	  break;
@@ -641,16 +653,6 @@ options (argc, argv)
 	  add_exclude_file (optarg);
 	  break;
 
-	case 'I':
-	case 'y':
-	  if (f_compressprog)
-	    {
-	      msg ("Only one compression option permitted\n");
-	      exit (EX_ARGSBAD);
-	    }
-	  f_compressprog = "bzip2";
-	  break;
-
 	case 'z':
 	  if (f_compressprog)
 	    {
@@ -774,7 +776,7 @@ Other options:\n\
 --same-owner		create extracted files with the same ownership \n\
 --show-omitted-dirs	show omitted directories while processing the archive.\n\
 -S, --sparse		handle sparse files efficiently\n\
--T, --files-from F	get names to extract or create from file F\n\
+-T, -I, --files-from F	get names to extract or create from file F\n\
 --null			-T reads null-terminated names, disable -C\n\
 --totals		print total bytes written with --create\n\
 -v, --verbose		verbosely list files processed\n\
@@ -787,7 +789,7 @@ Other options:\n\
 -W, --verify		attempt to verify the archive after writing it\n\
 --exclude PATTERN	exclude files, given as a globbing PATTERN\n\
 -X, --exclude-from FILE	exclude files listed in FILE\n\
--y, --bzip2, --bunzip2  filter the archive through bzip2\n\
+-j, -y, --bzip, --bzip2, --bunzip2  filter the archive through bzip2\n\
 -Z, --compress,\n\
     --uncompress      	filter the archive through compress\n\
 -z, --gzip,\n\