Updating the docs for the sourceselect parameter

git-svn-id: https://reductivelabs.com/svn/puppet/trunk@2373 980ebf18-57e1-0310-9a29-db15c13687c0

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/pfile.rb b/lib/puppet/type/pfile.rb
index 966896a04..c1b145519 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/pfile.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/pfile.rb
@@ -198,7 +198,12 @@ module Puppet
         end
 
         newparam(:sourceselect) do
-            desc "Whether to copy all valid sources, or just the first one."
+            desc "Whether to copy all valid sources, or just the first one.  This parameter
+                is only used in recursive copies; by default, the first valid source is the
+                only one used as a recursive source, but if this parameter is set to ``all``,
+                then all valid sources will have all of their contents copied to the local host,
+                and for sources that have the same file, the source earlier in the list will
+                be used."
 
             defaultto :first