From 3d18927234445d5355fb05914c203d6dafa3d656 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guilhem Moulin <guilhem@fripost.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 02:24:29 +0200
Subject: Document the configuration syntax.

---
 cli/icevault.1 | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'cli/icevault.1')

diff --git a/cli/icevault.1 b/cli/icevault.1
index d1a2084..81c8322 100644
--- a/cli/icevault.1
+++ b/cli/icevault.1
@@ -173,8 +173,12 @@ Show the version number and exit.
 
 \fBicevault\fR reads it configuration from
 \fI$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/icevault\fR, or \fI~/.config/icevault\fR if
-XDG_CONFIG_HOME is unset.
-Empty lines and comments (starting with a "#" characters are ignored).
+the XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable is unset.
+Options given on the command line override those found in the
+configuration file.
+The syntax of the configuration file is a serie of
+\fIOPTION\fR=\fIVALUE\fR lines;
+everything after a "#" is considered a comment and ignored.
 Valid options are:
 
 .TP
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