Explain soft shutdown mode a little better in the accountingmax documentation

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index c8608eb8455d4e57b1be1ece637f92a8cdfc41a0..8fe73b026bd337e4e3df0d3bead1d0c5d2be4d63 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -900,7 +900,9 @@ is non-zero):
     period, or receive more than that number in the period. For example, with
     AccountingMax set to 1 GB, a server could send 900 MB and receive 800 MB
     and continue running. It will only hibernate once one of the two reaches 1
-    GB. When the number of bytes is exhausted, Tor will hibernate until some
+    GB. When the number of bytes gets low, Tor will stop accepting new
+    connections and circuits.  When the number of bytes
+    is exhausted, Tor will hibernate until some
     time in the next accounting period. To prevent all servers from waking at
     the same time, Tor will also wait until a random point in each period
     before waking up. If you have bandwidth cost issues, enabling hibernation