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diff --git a/scripts/named-conf.8 b/scripts/named-conf.8
index 2316c9de9fe479189344ebe621902d343cea1d3b..54ce89b3e347f667a1b9205f3b724fc55ebdd28f 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/named-conf.8
+++ b/scripts/named-conf.8
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ delegations are appropriate and working, and to generate a
 configuration for
 .BR BIND ,
 from its own input file.
+
+By default, for each zone, in addition to any warnings, the output
+lists the zone's configuration type, and the serial number at each of
+the nameservers.  (If the zone has an unpublished primary, that is
+shown too, with
+.B *
+after the serial number.)
 .SH OPTIONS
 
 .SS MODE OPTIONS
@@ -93,14 +100,17 @@ with foreign zones (zones supplied explictly on the command line but
 not relevant to the local server); doing so produces a warning.
 .TP
 .BR \-q | \-\-quiet
-Do not print any information about zone(s) which do not have warnings.
+Suppress the usual report of the list of nameservers for each zone and
+the serial number from each.  When specified twice, do not print any
+information except warnings.
 .TP
 .BR \-r | \-\-repeat
 When a problem is detected, warn for all sources of the same imperfect
 data, rather than only the first we come across
 .TP
 .BR \-v | \-\-verbose
-Print additional information about each zone.
+Print additional information about what is being checked, as we go
+along.
 .SH USAGE
 The file
 .B /etc/bind/chiark-conf-gen.zones