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-rw-r--r--fetchmail.man7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man
index dd78270b..92c63da6 100644
--- a/fetchmail.man
+++ b/fetchmail.man
@@ -1188,10 +1188,11 @@ directly, with a text editor, or indirectly via \fIfetchmailconf\fR).
When there is a conflict between the command-line arguments and the
arguments in this file, the command-line arguments take precedence.
.PP
-To protect the security of your passwords, when --version is not on
-your \fI~/.fetchmailrc\fR may not have more than 0600 (u=rw,g=,o=) permissions;
+To protect the security of your passwords,
+your \fI~/.fetchmailrc\fR may not normally have more than 0600 (u=rw,g=,o=) permissions;
.I fetchmail
-will complain and exit otherwise.
+will complain and exit otherwise (this check is suppressed when
+--version is on).
.PP
You may read the \fI.fetchmailrc\fR file as a list of commands to
be executed when