man: fix obsolete references to monitor-connection-files in manual pages

monitor-connection-files was deprecated and disabled by default for a long
time. In the meantime, it has no effect at all.

Remove references from the manual pages.

5 files changed, 11 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/introspection/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings.xml b/introspection/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings.xml
index 0587db5f45..42e6f1ef85 100644
--- a/introspection/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings.xml
+++ b/introspection/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings.xml
@@ -107,9 +107,8 @@
 
         Loads or reloads the indicated connections from disk. You should call this
         after making changes directly to an on-disk connection file to make sure
-        that NetworkManager sees the changes. (If "monitor-connection-files" in
-        NetworkManager.conf is "true", then this will have no real effect, but is
-        harmless.) As with AddConnection(), this operation does not necessarily
+        that NetworkManager sees the changes.
+        As with AddConnection(), this operation does not necessarily
         start the network connection.
     -->
     <method name="LoadConnections">
@@ -123,10 +122,7 @@
         @status: This always returns %TRUE.
 
         Tells NetworkManager to reload all connection files from disk, including
-        noticing any added or deleted connection files. By default, connections
-        are re-read automatically any time they change, so you only need to use
-        this command if you have set "monitor-connection-files=false" in
-        NetworkManager.conf.
+        noticing any added or deleted connection files.
     -->
     <method name="ReloadConnections">
       <arg name="status" type="b" direction="out"/>
diff --git a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
index 782f1ab52b..6aa0398e64 100644
--- a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
+++ b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ plugins-=remove-me
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>monitor-connection-files</varname></term>
-        <listitem><para>This setting is deprecated and has no effect.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para>This setting is deprecated and has no effect. Profiles
+        from disk are never automatically reloaded. Use for example <literal>nmcli connection (re)load</literal>
+        for that.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>auth-polkit</varname></term>
diff --git a/man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xsl b/man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xsl
index aef30fd104..eac6b0a15d 100644
--- a/man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xsl
+++ b/man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xsl
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@
           Users can create or modify the <emphasis>ifcfg-rh</emphasis> connection files
           manually, even if that is not the recommended way of managing the profiles.
           However, if they choose to do that, they must inform NetworkManager about
-          their changes (see <emphasis>monitor-connection-file</emphasis> in
-          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-settings</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
-          </citerefentry>, and <emphasis>nmcli con (re)load</emphasis>).
+          their changes (for example via <emphasis>nmcli con (re)load</emphasis>).
         </para>
         <formalpara>
           <title>Some <emphasis>ifcfg-rh</emphasis> configuration examples:</title>
diff --git a/man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl b/man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl
index ce4328cc2c..c22bd4fc04 100644
--- a/man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl
+++ b/man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@
           Users can create or modify the <emphasis>keyfile</emphasis> connection files
           manually, even if that is not the recommended way of managing the profiles.
           However, if they choose to do that, they must inform NetworkManager about
-          their changes (see <emphasis>monitor-connection-file</emphasis> in
-          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nm-settings</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
-          </citerefentry> and <emphasis>nmcli con (re)load</emphasis>).
+          their changes (for example via <emphasis>nmcli con (re)load</emphasis>).
         </para>
         <formalpara>
           <title>Examples of <emphasis>keyfile</emphasis> configuration</title>
diff --git a/man/nmcli.xml b/man/nmcli.xml
index fc36f4e0e3..cded9ab6cb 100644
--- a/man/nmcli.xml
+++ b/man/nmcli.xml
@@ -1147,13 +1147,10 @@
 
         <listitem>
           <para>Reload all connection files from disk.
-          NetworkManager does not monitor changes to connection
-          files by default. So you need to use this command in order to tell
+          NetworkManager does not monitor changes to connection.
+          So you need to use this command in order to tell
           NetworkManager to re-read the connection profiles from
-          disk when a change was made to them. However, the auto-loading feature can be
-          enabled and then NetworkManager will reload connection
-          files any time they change (monitor-connection-files=true in
-          <link linkend='NetworkManager.conf'><link linkend='NetworkManager.conf'><citerefentry><refentrytitle>NetworkManager.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></link></link>).
+          disk when a change was made to them.
           </para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>