Allow --auto to still be meaningful when --scan is given

[thirdparty/mdadm.git] / mdadm.8

diff --git a/mdadm.8 b/mdadm.8
index ab9dc91bf0b4aaf217dafe9d93385d6c272903f0..dfbb74c180457ba3b1634458a32cb454f30ea9ec 100644 (file)
--- a/mdadm.8
+++ b/mdadm.8
@@ -435,6 +435,14 @@ from this.  See DEVICE NAMES below.
 The argumentment can also come immediately after
 "-a".  e.g. "-ap".
 
+If
+.I --scan
+is also given, then any
+.I auto=
+entries in the config file will over-ride the
+.I --auto
+instruction given on the command line.
+
 For partitionable arrays,
 .I mdadm
 will create the device file for the whole array and for the first 4