Clarify slapadd -w option to avoid common pitfall

diff --git a/doc/man/man8/slapadd.8 b/doc/man/man8/slapadd.8
index 7a2ad092ac5a05c3b8e86f9c736f7146273d090b..8c4e14845ff08c8ed10b13e0030dda73c8a7762c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/man8/slapadd.8
+++ b/doc/man/man8/slapadd.8
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ enable dry-run (don't write to backend) mode.
 enable verbose mode.
 .TP
 .BI \-w
-write syncrepl context information.
-After all entries are added, the contextCSN
-will be updated with the greatest CSN in the database.
+(over)write syncrepl context information. After all entries are added, the
+contextCSN will be updated with the greatest CSN in the database. Only use to
+load a fresh seed provider.
 .SH LIMITATIONS
 Your
 .BR slapd (8)