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@@ -435,8 +435,11 @@ a random socket below a temporary directory. Tools connecting to
environment variable @var{GPG_AGENT_INFO} and then fall back to this
socket. This option may not be used if the home directory is mounted as
a remote file system. Note, that @option{--use-standard-socket} is the
-default on Windows systems.
-
+default on Windows systems. The default may be changed at build time.
+It is possible to test at runtime whether the agent has been configured
+for use with the standard socket by issuing the command
+@command{gpg-agent --use-standard-socket-p} which returns success if the
+standard socket option has been enabled.
@item --display @var{string}
@itemx --ttyname @var{string}