diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 index aa558ca941..bd9f777f1f 100644 --- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 +++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 @@ -1330,7 +1330,10 @@ This option puts a replica database into "mirror" mode. Update operations will be accepted from any user, not just the updatedn. The database must already be configured as a slurpd or syncrepl consumer before this keyword may be set. This mode must be used with extreme -care, as it does not offer any consistency guarantees. +care, as it does not offer any consistency guarantees. This feature +is intended to be used with an external frontend that guarantees that +writes are only directed to a single master, switching to an alternate +server only if the original master goes down. By default, mirrormode is off. .TP .B overlay