Clarify rootdn requirements

diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 7b3e6288e3de6807e1065f0270843dfcd77315eb..776f86e211ede2fe1d0203f267b072704a242358 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -1429,7 +1429,8 @@ when initially populating a database).  If the rootdn is within
 a namingContext (suffix) of the database, a simple bind password
 may also be provided using the
 .B rootpw
-directive. Note that the rootdn is always needed when using syncrepl.
+directive. Many optional features, including syncrepl, require the
+rootdn to be defined for the database.
 .TP
 .B rootpw <password>
 Specify a password (or hash of the password) for the rootdn.  The