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diff --git a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
index 3a9202dc..8fc58c9e 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
+++ b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
@@ -1391,7 +1391,11 @@
<description>
<para>
- Currently only available for Jabber connections. Set this to true if the server accepts SSL connections.
+ Currently only available for Jabber connections. Set this to true if you want to connect to the server on an SSL-enabled port (usually 5223).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Please note that this method of establishing a secure connection to the server has long been deprecated. You are encouraged to look at the <emphasis>tls</emphasis> setting instead.
</para>
</description>
</bitlbee-setting>
@@ -1484,6 +1488,24 @@
</description>
</bitlbee-setting>
+ <bitlbee-setting name="tls_verify" type="boolean" scope="account">
+ <default>true</default>
+
+ <description>
+ <para>
+ Currently only available for Jabber connections in combination with the <emphasis>tls</emphasis> setting. Set this to <emphasis>true</emphasis> if you want BitlBee to strictly verify the server's certificate against a list of trusted certificate authorities.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The hostname used in the certificate verification is the value of the <emphasis>server</emphasis> setting if the latter is nonempty and the domain of the username else. If you get a hostname related error when connecting to Google Talk with a username from the gmail.com or googlemail.com domain, please try to empty the <emphasis>server</emphasis> setting.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Please note that no certificate verification is performed when the <emphasis>ssl</emphasis> setting is used, or when the <emphasis>CAfile</emphasis> setting in <emphasis>bitlbee.conf</emphasis> is not set.
+ </para>
+ </description>
+ </bitlbee-setting>
+
<bitlbee-setting name="to_char" type="string" scope="global">
<default>": "</default>