From 149ed9f151770def0e4c130c2dcc1c64bcf65b19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Haines Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:07:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Better help for the old-signing-key option --- synapse/config/server.py | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py index a26fb115f..3ce3ed584 100644 --- a/synapse/config/server.py +++ b/synapse/config/server.py @@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ class ServerConfig(Config): server_group.add_argument("--signing-key-path", help="The signing key to sign messages with") server_group.add_argument("--old-signing-key-path", - help="The old signing keys") + help="The keys that the server used to sign" + " sign messages with but won't use" + " to sign new messages. E.g. it has" + " lost its private key") server_group.add_argument("--key-refresh-interval", default=24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, # 1 Day help="How long a key response is valid for."