- Update documentation for 'outbound-msg-retry:'.

diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index e7746ad782bb958bd58913d3a7061119dfcdcf71..a04cdcb3c5d6835c43acae21f479b8978eb8ef4c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+19 July 2022: George
+       - Update documentation for 'outbound-msg-retry:'.
+
 15 July 2022: Wouter
        - Merge PR 714: Avoid treat normal hosts as unresponsive servers.
          And fixup the lock code.

diff --git a/doc/example.conf.in b/doc/example.conf.in
index f23a088e15dccbc30a1edd0ad994d2973606039a..0df0c34604399a5d6ac144a9033ff8eb57508326 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/example.conf.in
+++ b/doc/example.conf.in
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ server:
        # perform connect for UDP sockets to mitigate ICMP side channel.
        # udp-connect: yes
 
-       # The number of retries when a non-positive response is received.
+       # The number of retries, per upstream nameserver in a delegation, when
+       # a throwaway response (also timeouts) is received.
        # outbound-msg-retry: 5
 
        # msec for waiting for an unknown server to reply.  Increase if you

diff --git a/doc/unbound.conf.5.in b/doc/unbound.conf.5.in
index 4e687e4589de54d8cd8cc922d326ed919ed0ecae..e0689505633f6a7d69ad9770ed36f72cd296dd66 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/unbound.conf.5.in
+++ b/doc/unbound.conf.5.in
@@ -1758,9 +1758,12 @@ set ip\-ratelimit to a suspicious rate to aggressively limit unusually high
 traffic.  Default is off.
 .TP 5
 .B outbound\-msg\-retry: \fI<number>
-The number of retries Unbound will do in case of a non positive response is
-received. If a forward nameserver is used, this is the number of retries per
-forward nameserver in case of throwaway response.
+The number of retries, per upstream nameserver in a delegation, that Unbound
+will attempt in case a throwaway response is received.
+No response (timeout) contributes to the retry counter.
+If a forward/stub zone is used, this is the number of retries per nameserver in
+the zone.
+Default is 5.
 .TP 5
 .B fast\-server\-permil: \fI<number>
 Specify how many times out of 1000 to pick from the set of fastest servers.