From: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 13:01:19 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: doc: improve description of chronyd -Q option
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doc: improve description of chronyd -Q option
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diff --git a/doc/chronyd.adoc b/doc/chronyd.adoc
index 7ba991d0..38c1526f 100644
--- a/doc/chronyd.adoc
+++ b/doc/chronyd.adoc
@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ will not detach from the terminal.
 
 *-Q*::
 This option is similar to the *-q* option, except it only prints the offset
-without making any corrections of the clock and it allows *chronyd* to be
-started without root privileges.
+without making any corrections of the clock and disables server ports to allow
+*chronyd* to be started without root privileges, assuming the configuration
+does not have any directives which would require them (e.g. *refclock*,
+*hwtimestamp*, *rtcfile*, etc).
 
 *-r*::
 This option will try to reload and then delete files containing sample