Add a note about how to apply/remove policies

Put a note in the the policies section of the documentation for how to
apply policies to principals.

[kaduk@mit.edu: reformat commit message]

ticket: 7693 (new)

diff --git a/doc/admin/database.rst b/doc/admin/database.rst
index a110d213511695c764e959cd02f8df74bc93af36..a17f88e07d4037a5f1014f441b84221ffa6feea6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/admin/database.rst
+++ b/doc/admin/database.rst
@@ -243,6 +243,15 @@ You can retrieve the list of policies with the kadmin
    :end-before: _list_policies_end:
 
 
+Policies and principals
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Policies can be applied to principals as they are created by using
+the **-policy** flag to :ref:`add_principal`. Existing principals can
+be modified by using the **-policy** or **-clearpolicy** flag to
+:ref:`modify_principal`.
+
+
 Updating the history key
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