Fixed #2000 - No default specified for checksum

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/file/checksum.rb b/lib/puppet/type/file/checksum.rb
index f681a8ebe..095c62f37 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/type/file/checksum.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/file/checksum.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:file).newproperty(:checksum) do
         like Tripwire without managing the file contents in any way.  You can
         specify that a file's checksum should be monitored and then subscribe to
         the file from another object and receive events to signify
-        checksum changes, for instance."
+        checksum changes, for instance.
+        
+        There are a number of checksum types available including MD5 hashing (and
+        an md5lite variation that only hashes the first 500 characters of the 
+        file.
+   
+        The default checksum parameter, if checksums are enabled, is md5."
 
     @event = :file_changed