From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 11:38:03 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: doc: improve description of reload sources command
X-Git-Tag: 4.5~3
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=42fdad5dccd990d51bb6753f3259766c717471c1;p=thirdparty%2Fchrony.git

doc: improve description of reload sources command
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diff --git a/doc/chronyc.adoc b/doc/chronyc.adoc
index 9d35e6fc..96a05517 100644
--- a/doc/chronyc.adoc
+++ b/doc/chronyc.adoc
@@ -986,6 +986,10 @@ command might replace the addresses even if they are still in the pool.
 The *reload sources* command causes *chronyd* to re-read all _*.sources_ files
 from the directories specified by the
 <<chrony.conf.adoc#sourcedir,*sourcedir*>> directive.
++
+Note that modified sources (e.g. specified with a new option) are not modified
+in memory. They are removed and added again, which causes them to lose old
+measurements and reset the selection state.
 
 [[sourcename]]*sourcename* _address_::
 The *sourcename* command prints the original hostname or address that was