tweak docs to match @vieira's changes

sshuttle · May 3, 2016 · 5a20783 · 5a20783
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diff --git a/docs/manpage.rst b/docs/manpage.rst
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ Options
     if you use this option to give it a few names to start
     from.
 
+    If this option is used *without* :option:`--auto-hosts`,
+    then the listed hostnames will be scanned and added, but
+    no further hostnames will be added.
+
 .. option:: --no-latency-control
 
     Sacrifice latency to improve bandwidth benchmarks. ssh

diff --git a/sshuttle/options.py b/sshuttle/options.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
     "-H", "--auto-hosts",
     action="store_true",
     help="""
-    scan for remote hostnames and update local /etc/hosts
+    continuously scan for remote hostnames and update local /etc/hosts as they are found
     """
 )
 parser.add_argument(
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
     metavar="HOSTNAME[,HOSTNAME]",
     default=[],
     help="""
-    with -H, use these hostnames for initial scan (comma-separated)
+    comma-separated list of hostnames for initial scan (may be used with or without --auto-hosts)
     """
 )
 parser.add_argument(