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@@ -290,9 +290,10 @@ Set the size of the queue for pending connections. The default is 64.
@item --allow-version-check
@opindex allow-version-check
Allow Dirmngr to connect to @code{https://versions.gnupg.org} to get
-the list of current software versions. If this option is enabled
-the list is retrieved in case the local
-copy does not exist or is older than 5 to 7 days. See the option
+the list of current software versions.
+On debian-packaged versions, this option does nothing since software
+updates should be handled by the distribution.
+See the option
@option{--query-swdb} of the command @command{gpgconf} for more
details. Note, that regardless of this option a version check can
always be triggered using this command: