1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lacme.8.md b/lacme.8.md
index c39f51c..7f6558e 100644
--- a/lacme.8.md
+++ b/lacme.8.md
@@ -429,7 +429,8 @@ Valid settings are:
 *chmod*
 
 :   An optional octal mode to chmod the issued *certificate* and
-    *certificate-chain* to.
+    *certificate-chain* to.  By default the files are created with mode
+    0644 minus umask restrictions.
 
 *notify*