tar: --exclude option has no effect

Issue

tar command outputs "--exclude has no effect" error and returns exit code 2 in RHEL8. However, the same command can be executed successfully in RHEL7.

# tar -cpzf /tmp/root.tar.gz root --exclude '.bash*'
tar: The following options were used after any non-optional arguments in archive create or update mode.  These options are positional and affect only arguments that follow them.  Please, rearrange them properly.
tar: --exclude ‘.bash*’ has no effect
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
# echo $?
2