From 8a70a9da3da0df5c376042b18b87f0a63e88d2e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wodry Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:19:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Improvement of documentation of command line parameter 'whitelist' --- src/init.cpp | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp index ca5437fb91..31be6fb48a 100644 --- a/src/init.cpp +++ b/src/init.cpp @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode) #endif #endif strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-whitebind=", _("Bind to given address and whitelist peers connecting to it. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6")); - strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-whitelist=", _("Whitelist peers connecting from the given netmask or IP address. Can be specified multiple times.") + + strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-whitelist=", _("Whitelist peers connecting from the given IP address (e.g. 1.2.3.4) or CIDR notated network (e.g. 1.2.3.0/24). Can be specified multiple times.") + " " + _("Whitelisted peers cannot be DoS banned and their transactions are always relayed, even if they are already in the mempool, useful e.g. for a gateway")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-whitelistrelay", strprintf(_("Accept relayed transactions received from whitelisted peers even when not relaying transactions (default: %d)"), DEFAULT_WHITELISTRELAY)); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-whitelistforcerelay", strprintf(_("Force relay of transactions from whitelisted peers even if they violate local relay policy (default: %d)"), DEFAULT_WHITELISTFORCERELAY));