reference.conf: Extend documentation for max_number in server classes.

(cherry picked from commit 2b121c81f5077f92fbaa840367c8b84a34b043f5)

diff --git a/doc/reference.conf b/doc/reference.conf
index db4ddf29c310555723d8e3bdbd5499b41038d378..3a07c994e579a98606beda6c148e14e612e90341 100755 (executable)
--- a/doc/reference.conf
+++ b/doc/reference.conf
@@ -272,7 +272,13 @@ class "server" {
         */
        connectfreq = 5 minutes;
 
-       /* max number: the amount of servers to autoconnect to */
+       /* max number: the amount of servers to autoconnect to.  if the number
+        * of servers in the class is or exceeds this, no more servers in the
+        * class are autoconnected.  oper initiated connects are unaffected.
+        * this should usually be set to either 0 or 1.  (autoconnecting from
+        * hubs to leaves may cause leaves to function as hubs by having
+        * multiple servers connected to them.)
+        */
        max_number = 1;
 
        /* sendq: servers need a higher sendq as they are sent more data */