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@@ -108,11 +108,9 @@ Generic options
aborts if `path` is readable or writable by other users, or if its
parent directory is writable by other users.
This command-line option overrides the *socket* option of the
- [`[client]` section](#client-section) of the configuration file.
- Moreover this option is ignored when the configuration file has an
- [`[accountd]` section](#accountd-section); in that case `lacme`
- spawns [`lacme-accountd`(1)], and the two processes communicate
- through a socket pair.
+ [`[client]` section](#client-section) of the configuration file; it
+ also causes the [`[accountd]` section](#accountd-section) to be
+ ignored.
`-h`, `--help`
@@ -276,10 +274,11 @@ served during certificate issuance.
`[accountd]` section
---------------------
-This section is used for configuring the [`lacme-accountd`(1)] process.
-If the section (including its header) is absent or commented out,
-`lacme` connects to an existing UNIX-domain socket bound by a running
-[`lacme-accountd`(1)] process.
+This section is used for configuring the [`lacme-accountd`(1)] child
+process. If the section (including its header) is absent or commented
+out, or if the CLI option `--socket` is specified, then `lacme` connects
+to an existing [`lacme-accountd`(1)] process via the specified
+UNIX-domain socket.
*user*