[Openvpn-devel] [PATCH 2/2] Document that keep alive will double the second value in server mode and give a short explanation why the value is chosen.

[Arne Schwabe]

---
 doc/openvpn.8 |    6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8
index f586744..bfc8c25 100644
--- a/doc/openvpn.8
+++ b/doc/openvpn.8
@@ -1582,7 +1582,11 @@ A helper directive designed to simplify the expression of
 .B \-\-ping
 and
 .B \-\-ping-restart
-in server mode configurations.
+in server mode configurations. 
+
+The server timeout is set twice the value of the second argument. 
+This ensures that a timeout is dectected on client side before the
+before server side drops the connection.

 For example,
 .B \-\-keepalive 10 60
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