From a294ca3eecdb47b9c1dc0bb40f12d52d7512a7cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 09:56:38 +0100
Subject: man: advise against configuring "monitor-connection-files" in
 NetworkManager.conf

---
 man/NetworkManager.conf.xml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

(limited to 'man')

diff --git a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
index 392543ab38..1eabe0885c 100644
--- a/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
+++ b/man/NetworkManager.conf.xml
@@ -166,6 +166,15 @@ plugins-=remove-me
         In some situations, NetworkManager might first delete and add the
         connection anew, instead of updating the existing one. Also, NetworkManager
         might pick up incomplete settings while the user is still editing the files.
+        </para><para>
+        Note that neither this setting nor restarting the NetworkManager daemon
+        is the advised way to reload connection profiles from disk. Instead, after
+        modifying the files reload them with <command>nmcli connection reload</command>
+        or <command>nmcli connection load "$FILENAME"</command>. Even better,
+        instead of modifying files directly, use NetworkManager tools like
+        <command>nmcli</command>, <command>nmtui</command> or the GUI.
+        </para><para>
+        This setting is deprecated and will have no effect in the future.
         </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
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