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-rw-r--r--lib/puppet/defaults.rb5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/defaults.rb b/lib/puppet/defaults.rb
index 2247634b3..d714305b3 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/defaults.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/defaults.rb
@@ -545,7 +545,10 @@ module Puppet
:puppetport => [8139, "Which port puppet agent listens on."],
:noop => [false, "Whether puppet agent should be run in noop mode."],
:runinterval => [1800, # 30 minutes
- "How often puppet agent applies the client configuration; in seconds."],
+ "How often puppet agent applies the client configuration; in seconds.
+ Note that a runinterval of 0 means \"run continuously\" rather than
+ \"never run.\" If you want puppet agent to never run, you should start
+ it with the `--no-client` option."],
:listen => [false, "Whether puppet agent should listen for
connections. If this is true, then puppet agent will accept incoming
REST API requests, subject to the default ACLs and the ACLs set in