From: Vladimír Čunát <vladimir.cunat@nic.cz>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:43:18 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: NEWS, upgrading: document deprecation of --forks
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NEWS, upgrading: document deprecation of --forks
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e7fa143e8..b8a097e7e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Incompatible changes
 - see upgrading guide: https://knot-resolver.readthedocs.io/en/stable/upgrading.html
 - net.listen() throws an error if it fails to bind; use freebind option if needed
 - control socket location has changed
+- -f/--forks is deprecated (#529, !919)
 
 Improvements
 ------------
diff --git a/doc/upgrading.rst b/doc/upgrading.rst
index 6e53758b5..e2e979ee5 100644
--- a/doc/upgrading.rst
+++ b/doc/upgrading.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ Users
      "with systemd","``/run/knot-resolver/control@$ID``","``/run/knot-resolver/control/$ID``"
      "without systemd","``$PWD/tty/$PID``","``$PWD/control/$PID``"
 
+* ``-f`` / ``--forks`` command-line option is deprecated.
+  In case you just want to trigger non-interactive mode, there's new ``-n`` / ``--noninteractive``.
+  This forking style `was not ergonomic <https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/knot/knot-resolver/issues/529>`_;
+  with independent kresd processes you can better utilize a process manager (e.g. systemd).
+
 
 Configuration file
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