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authorGraham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com>2019-05-12T17·23-0400
committerGraham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com>2019-05-12T17·23-0400
commita5efe617862484ab7dd234a495d315e7b08aa519 (patch)
treee63a55a7db5ad5dc7a59871da3beaab64ebd58ab /doc/manual
parentb4a05edbfe49f87555fd284dfb0d6c56ed43217d (diff)
Clarify where output from the diff hook goes.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual')
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index c5f90481b136..24fbf28cff25 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -288,10 +288,11 @@ false</literal>.</para>
       </listitem>
     </orderedlist>
 
-    <para>The diff hook should not print data to stderr or stdout, as
-    output is not displayed to the user. However, if information is
-    printed, it will be printed in the <command>nix-daemon</command>
-    log.</para>
+    <para>
+      The stderr and stdout output from the diff hook will not be
+      displayed to the user. Instead, it will print to the nix-daemon's
+      log.
+    </para>
 
     <para>When using the Nix daemon, <literal>diff-hook</literal> must
     be set in the <filename>nix.conf</filename> configuration file, and