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<para>Be aware that this command deactivates the specified active connection,
but the device on which the connection was active, is still ready to connect
and will perform auto-activation by looking for a suitable connection that has
- the 'autoconnect' flag set. This includes the just deactivated connection. So
- if the connection is set to auto-connect, it will be automatically started on
- the disconnected device again.</para>
+ the 'autoconnect' flag set. Note that the deactivating connection profile is
+ internally blocked from autoconnecting again. Hence it will not autoconnect
+ until reboot or until the user performs an action that unblocks autoconnect,
+ like modifying the profile or explcitly activating it.</para>
<para>In most cases you may want to use <command>device disconnect</command>
command instead.</para>