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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/rabbitmq-server.1.xml b/docs/rabbitmq-server.1.xml
index ca63927c..620b1dd3 100644
--- a/docs/rabbitmq-server.1.xml
+++ b/docs/rabbitmq-server.1.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ Defaults to 5672.
<term>-detached</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- start the server process in the background
+ Start the server process in the background. Note that this will
+ cause the wrong pid to be recorded in the pid file, since the pid
+ of the shell that launches the detached process is captured.
</para>
<para role="example-prefix">For example:</para>
<screen role="example">rabbitmq-server -detached</screen>