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authorMatt Corallo <git@bluematt.me>2017-10-06 17:27:04 -0400
committerMatt Corallo <git@bluematt.me>2017-10-13 13:29:25 -0400
commit5ee88b4bdefecbf03b6883b2a6b56a44ec75167d (patch)
tree093fe0d84f75f41f72fd37352de7cb4903255405 /src/init.cpp
parent57edc0b0c86549020a39cd65f96496e9771c4769 (diff)
downloadbitcoin-5ee88b4bdefecbf03b6883b2a6b56a44ec75167d.tar.xz
Clarify docs for requirements/handling of addnode/connect nodes
Diffstat (limited to 'src/init.cpp')
-rw-r--r--src/init.cpp4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 951800f6c2..8755ad420b 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -369,11 +369,11 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-txindex", strprintf(_("Maintain a full transaction index, used by the getrawtransaction rpc call (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_TXINDEX));
strUsage += HelpMessageGroup(_("Connection options:"));
- strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-addnode=<ip>", _("Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open"));
+ strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-addnode=<ip>", _("Add a node to connect to and attempt to keep the connection open (see the `addnode` RPC command help for more info)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-banscore=<n>", strprintf(_("Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_BANSCORE_THRESHOLD));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-bantime=<n>", strprintf(_("Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_MISBEHAVING_BANTIME));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-bind=<addr>", _("Bind to given address and always listen on it. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6"));
- strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-connect=<ip>", _("Connect only to the specified node(s); -connect=0 disables automatic connections"));
+ strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-connect=<ip>", _("Connect only to the specified node(s); -connect=0 disables automatic connections (the rules for this peer are the same as for -addnode)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-discover", _("Discover own IP addresses (default: 1 when listening and no -externalip or -proxy)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dns", _("Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect") + " " + strprintf(_("(default: %u)"), DEFAULT_NAME_LOOKUP));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dnsseed", _("Query for peer addresses via DNS lookup, if low on addresses (default: 1 unless -connect used)"));