From: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 12:16:04 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Document that keep alive will double the second value in server mode and give a short... 
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Document that keep alive will double the second value in server mode and give a short explanation why the value is chosen.

Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Message-Id: 1346674564-17260-1-git-send-email-arne@rfc2549.org
URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/7041

Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth <davids@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8
index f586744e6..fee24d6a0 100644
--- a/doc/openvpn.8
+++ b/doc/openvpn.8
@@ -1584,6 +1584,10 @@ and
 .B \-\-ping-restart
 in server mode configurations.
 
+The server timeout is set twice the value of the second argument.
+This ensures that a timeout is dectected on client side
+before the server side drops the connection.
+
 For example,
 .B \-\-keepalive 10 60
 expands as follows: