aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/doc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/gpg-agent.texi5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gpg-agent.texi b/doc/gpg-agent.texi
index 33332a468..1d9ab70f1 100644
--- a/doc/gpg-agent.texi
+++ b/doc/gpg-agent.texi
@@ -433,8 +433,9 @@ named @file{S.gpg-agent}, located in the home directory, and not create
a random socket below a temporary directory. Tools connecting to
@command{gpg-agent} should first try to connect to the socket given in
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
+socket. This option may not be used if the home directory is mounted on
+a remote file system which does not support special files like fifos or
+sockets. Note, that @option{--use-standard-socket} is the
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