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diff --git a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
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--- a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
+++ b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
@@ -469,12 +469,16 @@
</description>
</bitlbee-setting>
- <bitlbee-setting name="auto_reconnect_delay" type="integer" scope="global">
- <default>300</default>
+ <bitlbee-setting name="auto_reconnect_delay" type="string" scope="global">
+ <default>5*3&lt;900</default>
<description>
<para>
- Tell BitlBee after how many seconds it should attempt to bring an IM-connection back up after a crash. It's not a good idea to set this value very low, it will cause too much useless traffic when an IM-server is down for a few hours.
+ Tell BitlBee after how many seconds it should attempt to bring a broken IM-connection back up.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This can be one integer, for a constant delay. One can also set it to something like &quot;10*10&quot;, which means wait for ten seconds on the first reconnect, multiply it by ten on every failure. Once successfully connected, this delay is re-set to the initial value. With &lt; you can give a maximum delay.
</para>
<para>