diff --git a/man/repart.d.xml b/man/repart.d.xml
index 7e19ab7e0c..fe3de8d58a 100644
--- a/man/repart.d.xml
+++ b/man/repart.d.xml
@@ -420,6 +420,10 @@
         <para>The copy operation is executed before the file system is registered in the partition table,
         thus ensuring that a file system populated this way only ever exists fully initialized.</para>
 
+        <para>Note that <varname>CopyFiles=</varname> will skip copying files that aren't supported by the
+        target filesystem (e.g symlinks, fifos, sockets and devices on vfat). When an unsupported file type
+        is encountered, repart will skip copying this file and write a log message about it.</para>
+
         <para>This option cannot be combined with <varname>CopyBlocks=</varname>.</para>
 
         <para>When <command>systemd-repart</command> is invoked with the <option>--image=</option> or
diff --git a/src/partition/repart.c b/src/partition/repart.c
index 54f2f7f855..ce65ead62a 100644
--- a/src/partition/repart.c
+++ b/src/partition/repart.c
@@ -3731,14 +3731,14 @@ static int do_copy_files(
                                                 sfd, ".",
                                                 pfd, fn,
                                                 override_uid, override_gid,
-                                                COPY_REFLINK|COPY_HOLES|COPY_MERGE|COPY_REPLACE|COPY_SIGINT|COPY_HARDLINKS|COPY_ALL_XATTRS,
+                                                COPY_REFLINK|COPY_HOLES|COPY_MERGE|COPY_REPLACE|COPY_SIGINT|COPY_HARDLINKS|COPY_ALL_XATTRS|COPY_GRACEFUL_WARN,
                                                 denylist);
                         } else
                                 r = copy_tree_at(
                                                 sfd, ".",
                                                 tfd, ".",
                                                 override_uid, override_gid,
-                                                COPY_REFLINK|COPY_HOLES|COPY_MERGE|COPY_REPLACE|COPY_SIGINT|COPY_HARDLINKS|COPY_ALL_XATTRS,
+                                                COPY_REFLINK|COPY_HOLES|COPY_MERGE|COPY_REPLACE|COPY_SIGINT|COPY_HARDLINKS|COPY_ALL_XATTRS|COPY_GRACEFUL_WARN,
                                                 denylist);
                         if (r < 0)
                                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to copy '%s%s' to '%s%s': %m",