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diff --git a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
index a1554645..609ee6fe 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
+++ b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
</para>
<para>
- By default all your Twitter contacts will come from a contact called twitter_(yourusername). You can change this behaviour using the <emphasis>mode</emphasis> setting (see <emphasis>help set mode</emphasis>).
+ By default all your Twitter contacts will appear in a new channel called #twitter_yourusername. You can change this behaviour using the <emphasis>mode</emphasis> setting (see <emphasis>help set mode</emphasis>).
</para>
<para>
@@ -810,19 +810,23 @@
<bitlbee-setting name="mode" type="string" scope="account">
<possible-values>one, many, chat</possible-values>
- <default>one</default>
+ <default>chat</default>
<description>
<para>
- By default, everything from the Twitter module will come from one nick, twitter_(yourusername). If you prefer to have individual nicks for everyone, you can set this setting to "many" instead.
+ By default, BitlBee will create a separate channel (called #twitter_yourusername) for all your Twitter contacts/messages.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you don't want an extra channel, you can set this setting to "one" (everything will come from one nick, twitter_yourusername), or to "many" (individual nicks for everyone).
</para>
<para>
- If you prefer to have all your Twitter things in a separate channel, you can set this setting to "chat".
+ With modes "chat" and "many", you can send direct messages by /msg'ing your contacts directly. Note, however, that incoming DMs are not fetched yet.
</para>
<para>
- In the last two modes, you can send direct messages by /msg'ing your contacts directly. Note, however, that incoming DMs are not fetched yet.
+ With modes "many" and "one", you can post tweets by /msg'ing the twitter_yourusername contact. In mode "chat", messages posted in the Twitter channel will also be posted as tweets.
</para>
</description>