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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 77e4c4e8fe..2d95a5451f 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -360,8 +360,11 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS [[FallbackDir]] **FallbackDir** __address__:__port__ orport=__port__ id=__fingerprint__ [weight=__num__]:: When we're unable to connect to any directory cache for directory info - (usually because we don't know about any yet) we try a FallbackDir. - By default, the directory authorities are also FallbackDirs. + (usually because we don't know about any yet) we try a directory authority. + Clients also simultaneously try a FallbackDir, to avoid hangs on client + startup if a directory authority is down. Clients retry FallbackDirs more + often than directory authorities, to reduce the load on the directory + authorities. [[DirAuthority]] **DirAuthority** [__nickname__] [**flags**] __address__:__port__ __fingerprint__:: Use a nonstandard authoritative directory server at the provided address |